Northfield Mountain Tailrace Tunnel

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Northfield Mountain Tailrace Tunnel

The Northfield Mountain Tailrace Tunnel is a tunnel linking the Northfield Mountain pumped-storage hydroelectric facility to the Connecticut River in Millers Falls, Massachusetts.

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