Boustead Tunnel

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Boustead Tunnel is a key water conveyance tunnel in Colorado that diverts Western Slope water under the Continental Divide to supply the Arkansas River basin.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Boustead Tunnel canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf transmountain diversion ⓘ
water conveyance tunnel ⓘ
associatedProject Fryingpan-Arkansas Project ⓘ
basinSupplied Arkansas River ⓘ
completionDate 1960s ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1960s ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
crosses Continental Divide of the Americas ⓘ
linked to: Continental Divide

Sawatch Range ⓘ
divertsWaterFrom Western Slope of Colorado ⓘ
linked to: Western Colorado
divertsWaterTo Arkansas River basin ⓘ
hasLegalFramework Colorado water law ⓘ
interstate water compacts ⓘ
locatedIn Colorado ⓘ
Rocky Mountains ⓘ
managesWaterFor industrial use ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
municipal water supply ⓘ
namedAfter Harold D. Boustead ⓘ
operator U.S. Bureau of Reclamation ⓘ
partOf Fryingpan-Arkansas Project ⓘ
primaryFunction water diversion ⓘ
water supply ⓘ
regulates interbasin water transfer ⓘ
status operational ⓘ
supports hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
uses gravity flow ⓘ
waterDestinationRegion Arkansas River basin ⓘ
waterSourceRegion Colorado River basin ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sugar Loaf Dam → connectedTo → Boustead Tunnel ⓘ