Tag
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.
Read note ->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.
Read note ->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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