East Delaware Tunnel
Appearance
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The East Delaware Tunnel is a 25-mile (40 km) aqueduct in the Catskill Mountains of New York State. It was constructed within a six-year period between 1949 and 1955 to transport drinking water from the Pepacton Reservoir to the Rondout Reservoir, both of which supply New York City with drinking water. The tunnel begins near the former site of Pepacton, New York, and ends near the former site of Eureka, New York, passing through Delaware County, Sullivan County and Ulster County. The tunnel has a maximum transmission capacity of 500 million US gallons (1,900,000 m3) per day and was constructed at a width of 11 feet (3.4 m).
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- 42°04′27″N 74°53′54″W / 42.07423342°N 74.898356°W at Pepacton Reservoir inlet
- 41°49′21″N 74°28′16″W / 41.8226°N 74.4710°W at Rondout Reservoir outlet
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- Articles lacking sources from December 2006
- Catskill/Delaware watersheds
- Transportation buildings and structures in Delaware County, New York
- Transportation buildings and structures in Ulster County, New York
- Transportation buildings and structures in Sullivan County, New York
- Tunnels in New York (state)
- Water tunnels in the United States
- New York (state) building and structure stubs