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Funding for the First Aqueduct
• The aqueduct was built in 1907-13 with a $23 million bond
passed by City voters in June 1907
• The average grade from inlet to terminus was 15 feet/mile
• These views show the 60-mile long open channel section
above Haiwee Reservoir, which had a capacity of 900
cubic feet per second, or 581 million gallons per day