File:Allaben-Shandaken, New York (408407444).jpg

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English: This is the Catskill water supply system. The Shandaken tunnel delivers water from the Schoharie reservoir. This tunnel is 18 and 1/4 miles long, 11 feet 6 inches high, 10 feet three inches wide, and passes 2630 feet below the crest of Balsam Mountain. The tunnel has a carrying capacity of 600 million gallons daily. The construction of the Catskill system was begun in 1907 and water was first delivered to the city from the Ashokan reservoir in 1915. The Shandaken tunnel and the Gilboa Dam were begun in 1917. Water was first delivered through this tunnel on February 4th 1924. The Gilboa Dam was completed in 1925.
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Author Jayu from Harrisburg, PA, U.S.A.

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