Aqueduct
This 85-mile long canal brings water from the Colorado River to the citizens and agricultural industry of the Imperial Valley. The canal was completed in 1940, to replace a previous canal which served the same function, but traveled partly through Mexico (hence the name of the All American). The...
The California Aqueduct is one of three major aqueducts running through the desert of California. It is part of the State Water Project, which brings water to the south from the Sacramento River in the north. The aqueduct primarily serves the agricultural industry of the Central Valley, but is a...
One of the three major aqueduct systems that make Los Angeles possible. The aqueduct carries water 242 miles, from Lake Havasu, on the Colorado River, to Lake Matthews in western Riverside County, at the edge of the Great City. Built by the Metropolitan District Water Commission (MWD), the aqueduct...
Part of the water-supply system for New York City, the 13.5 foot diameter Delaware tunnel was completed in 1944 after seven years of construction. It connects the Rondout Reservoir, near Ellenville, to the Hillview Reservoir, in Yonkers. At 85 miles, it is said to be the longest tunnel in the world...
The largest pumping station in the State Water Project, the plant raises the California Aqueduct's water 2,000 feet over the Tehachapi Mountains, after which it is all downhill to Los Angeles. The plant claims to lift water higher than anywhere else in the world. The California State Water Project...
This pumping station marks the beginning of the 444-mile California Aqueduct, the central artery of the State Water Project, one of three major aqueduct systems in the state. Water is drawn out of the Sacramento River Delta through this plant, and begins its journey through the largest aqueduct...
Hinds is the last of five major pumping plants along the Colorado River Aqueduct, which is one of the three major aqueducts that bring water to Los Angeles. The aqueduct was completed in 1941, and carries water 242 miles from Lake Havasu, on the Colorado River, to Lake Matthews in western Riverside...
The Carroll Water Treatment Plant is a new site in the chain of water facilities for Boston’s water supply. It is connected to the new Metro West Tunnel, and the Hultman Aqueduct. For more than 17 miles, and more than 50 years, the Hultman Aqueduct carried nearly all of metropolitan Boston's water...
Two of the three aqueducts that supply water to Southern California cross at this point in the Antelope Valley. Water in the Los Angeles Aqueduct which, for much of its course from Owens Valley flows in conduits buried underground, passes over the California Aqueduct's water, which flows from the...
This is the largest of the pressurized tubes dipping into and out of the canyons along the Los Angeles Aqueduct (8,095 feet, with a 850 foot drop), and is notable also for having burst in freezing weather in 1988. A few of these "siphon points" are visible along the course of the original Los...
One of the largest public works projects in the western hemisphere, the City Tunnel #3 project is a 55-year long project involving the construction of 64 miles of 24 foot diameter tunnel. Much of the tunnel is being built 800 feet below ground. When it is complete, the project will help supply...