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The freshwater tunnel has built around it adjacent maintenance tunnels that allow workers to access various parts of the tunnel, including tunnel B3/C3 and [[Hallway|tunnel B2]] that are around 9 km long each and connect the two major facilities together, the latter spawned [[Mörkö|various myths]] around it and aroused fear among workers, advising not to use it. | The freshwater tunnel has built around it adjacent maintenance tunnels that allow workers to access various parts of the tunnel, including tunnel B3/C3 and [[Hallway|tunnel B2]] that are around 9 km long each and connect the two major facilities together, the latter spawned [[Mörkö|various myths]] around it and aroused fear among workers, advising not to use it. | ||
The tunnel is around 14 | The tunnel is around 14,5 km long and parts of it were bored through underground caves, in which during the initial construction a species of [[Stalburg Mushroom Virus#Green Mushrooms|green glowing mushrooms]] was discovered, which thanks to the water reach of the tunnel, had spread to other parts of [[Stalburg]]. The tunnel was conceived in the first half of the 20th century after the second world war, as a response to a lack of potable water in the city due to pollution, and was constructed in under a decade, being the biggest tunneling project in the city to that date. | ||
[[File:Freshwater Tunnel 1 End.jpg|right|400px|thumb|''The end of the tunnel no.1 at a water reservoir in central Stalburg'']] | [[File:Freshwater Tunnel 1 End.jpg|right|400px|thumb|''The end of the tunnel no.1 at a water reservoir in central Stalburg'']] | ||
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==Freshwater Tunnel No.3== | ==Freshwater Tunnel No.3== | ||
[[File:Freshwater Tunnel 3.jpg|right|400px|thumb|''Partially constructed section of the tunnel no.3'']] | [[File:Freshwater Tunnel 3.jpg|right|400px|thumb|''Partially constructed section of the tunnel no.3'']] | ||
Third tunnel was considered in the 1970's and later approved for construction, the boring work on the tunnel began on May 26, 1979, under the management of [[Jeff Walter]], and the project was expected to be completed in 1983, after which the Bergmann Group was contract-obligated to provide maintenance for the next 25 years. The tunnel was meant to house multiple hydroelectric power plants, built by Hammer Valley Hydro, and would be 7 | Third tunnel was considered in the 1970's and later approved for construction, the boring work on the tunnel began on May 26, 1979, under the management of [[Jeff Walter]], and the project was expected to be completed in 1983, after which the Bergmann Group was contract-obligated to provide maintenance for the next 25 years. The tunnel was meant to house multiple hydroelectric power plants, built by Hammer Valley Hydro, and would be 7,2 km long, running from Ilanka to the Freshwater Tunnel No.1, however due to bankruptcy of the Bergmann Group in mid-February of 1980, only a small portion of the tunnel was completed. | ||
[[File:Freshwater Tunnel 3 Workers.png|left|400px|thumb|''Two workers at the construction site of tunnel no.3'']] | [[File:Freshwater Tunnel 3 Workers.png|left|400px|thumb|''Two workers at the construction site of tunnel no.3'']] | ||