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engineering

3 Porch Notes tagged “engineering,” from counties across Colorado.

Water and land - Arapahoe County

Arapahoe County's stormwater manual follows unincorporated development

In unincorporated Arapahoe County, the stormwater manual sets how drainage facilities are planned, built, used, and maintained as land develops.

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History and culture - Fremont County

A 1929 suspension bridge that hung over the Arkansas before there were power tools to help

The Royal Gorge Bridge near Cañon City went up in about seven months in 1929 and held the world record for highest suspension bridge for roughly 74 years.

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Water and land - Montrose County

The Gunnison Tunnel: why the Montrose valley is farmland

A 5.8-mile tunnel bored under Vernal Mesa from 1905 to 1909 still carries Gunnison River water that turns the dry Uncompahgre Valley into Montrose's farm country.

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