Delaware Aqueduct

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Roebling's Delaware Aqueduct, also known as the Delaware Aqueduct, is the oldest existing wire suspension bridge in the United States; it runs from Minisink Ford, New York to Lackawaxen, Pennsylvania.

The Delaware Aqueduct is the newest of the New York City aqueducts. It takes water from the Rondout Reservoir through the Chelsea Pump Station, the West Branch Reservoir, and the Kensico Reservoir, ending at the Hillview Reservoir in Yonkers, New York.

This feed forms the bulk of New York City's drinking water supply. It was constructed between 1939 and 1945, and carries approximately half of NYC's 1.3 billion US gallons per day water demand. The Delaware Aqueduct leaks up to 35 million gallons per day.

At 137 km (85 miles) long and 4.11 meters (13.5 ft) wide the Delaware Aqueduct is the world's longest continuous underground tunnel.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] References

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• Ascher, Kate (2005). The Works: Anatomy of a City. Canada: Penguin Group. ISBN 1-59420-071-8. 

[edit] See also

• Catskill Aqueduct

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v • d • e New York City's Water Supply System Reservoirs (Croton Watershed): New Croton Reservoir, Boyds Corner Reservoir, Middle Branch Reservoir, East Branch Reservoir/Bog Brook Reservoir, Titicus Reservoir, West Branch Reservoir, Amawalk Reservoir, Muscoot Reservoir, Cross River Reservoir, Croton Falls Reservoir/Diverting Reservoir Reservoirs (Catskill/Delaware Watershed): Ashokan Reservoir, Kensico Reservoir, Schoharie Reservoir, Rondout Reservoir, Neversink Reservoir, Pepacton Reservoir, Cannonsville Reservoir Controlled Lakes: Kirk Lake, Lake Gilead, Lake Gleneida Waterways: Croton River, West Branch Croton River, Middle Branch Croton River, East Branch Croton River, Titicus River, Muscoot River, Cross River, Esopus Creek, Neversink River, Rondout Creek, Delaware River, East Branch Delaware River, West Branch Delaware River Aqueducts: New Croton Aqueduct, Croton Aqueduct (decommissioned), Catskill Aqueduct, Shandaken Tunnel, Delaware Aqueduct, Neversink Tunnel, East Delaware Tunnel, West Delaware Tunnel Storage Reservoirs: Hillview Reservoir, Jerome Park Reservoir, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir (decommissioned), Silver Lake Reservoir, Ridgewood Reservoir Distribution Tunnels: New York City Water Tunnel No. 1, New York City Water Tunnel No. 2, New York City Water Tunnel No. 3 (under construction), Richmond Tunnel