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Water from new Scituate Reservoir is carried to Providence through Scituate Aqueduct, westerly portion of which consists of tunnel 3 1/3 miles long; this tunnel is in hard rock for its entire length and is of horseshoe section, 7 ft. high and 7 1/2 ft. wide, except for short portions adjacent to portals, which are circular; entire tunnel is lined with concrete.
Water from new Scituate Reservoir is carried to Providence through Scituate Aqueduct, westerly portion of which consists of tunnel 3 1/3 miles long; this tunnel is in hard rock for its entire length and is of horseshoe section, 7 ft. high and 7 1/2 ft. wide, except for short portions adjacent to portals, which are circular; entire tunnel is lined with concrete.
Providence, R. I. -- Scituate tunnel
New England Water Works Assn. -- Jl
Bradbury, R.R. (author)
1926
11 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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