Word: aqueduct
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Guggenheim plans to build an aqueduct and reservoir system using already existing houses and other structures. Aqueducts from roof to roof will empty into infrequently used eight-foot high granaries...
...York has informed the City of Cornwall that if it gives its reservoir to Consolidated Edison for the Storm King project, it may not tap into New York City water supplies. New York City opposes the power project on the grounds that it could damage the Catskill Aqueduct, which supplies about 40 per cent of the city's water...
...report acknowledged the possible environmental dangers that Storm King opponents had been citing for years--the possibility of massive fish kills, potential danger to the Catskill Aqueduct which supplies 40 per cent of New York City's water, damage to scenic beauty...
Opening Blow. The first race, finally run at Aqueduct on the Fourth of July last year, was part disaster, part triumph. The disaster occurred coming out of the starting gate, when another horse wheeled into Secretariat and knocked him sideways. "If he wasn't so strong," the jockey said afterward, "he would have gone right down." The triumph was that after being slammed completely out of contention, Secretariat closed with a rush, made up seven or eight lengths in the last quarter-mile, and finished fourth...
This year Secretariat has won four races out of five. At the 1⅛-mile Wood Memorial at Aqueduct in late April, he ran third, behind Angle Light and Sham. Nobody will ever be sure what went wrong that day. Turcotte is inclined to blame himself. Giving the horse his final speed work four days before the race, Turcotte sent him a mile in 1.42%. A fair workout for most horses-but a heavy eater like Secretariat needs to extend himself between races to keep in top condition, and it might have been better if they had gone faster...