Across
- 6. Iron system built in the 1870s to carry Sierra Nevada water across rugged terrain
- 7. Rock barrier placed on shorelines to prevent erosion around reservoirs
- 10. Main mountain reservoir that supplied Virginia City during the silver boom
- 11. Professional who designed dams, reservoirs, and pipelines
- 12. Structure allowing excess water to safely flow out of a reservoir
- 13. Junction point where water from Hobart entered the pipeline system
- 14. Important regional river that also supplied parts of western Nevada
- 16. Water naturally stored in underground rock formations, separate from reservoirs
Down
- 1. Wooden structure that carried water from reservoirs to Virginia City and Gold Hill
- 2. Mining town famous for the Comstock Lode and need for large water supply
- 3. Upper mountain reservoir feeding into the Marlette system
- 4. Town that received water from the system along with Virginia City
- 5. Storage site completed in 1886 to hold water before flumes carried it downhill
- 8. Hardy desert plant commonly found near Nevada reservoirs
- 9. Device used to control water flow in a pipe system
- 15. Machinery used in the 1800s to crush ore, powered by water from the system