Widely accepted26.0000° S · 121.0000° E
Goldfields Water Supply Scheme
🇦🇺 Western Australia, Australia
About
About Goldfields Water Supply Scheme
The Goldfields Water Supply Scheme is a pipeline and dam project that delivers potable water from Mundaring Weir in Perth to communities in Western Australia's Eastern Goldfields, particularly Coolgardie and Kalgoorlie. The project was commissioned in 1896 and completed in 1903. The pipeline continues to operate today, supplying water to over 100,000 people in over 33,000 households as well as mines, farms and other enterprises.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- 1903
- Excavation
- Not applicable
On the ground
Structures & features
26.0000° S · 121.0000° E · 8 mapped features
- No 2 Pumping Station - Site ofstructureheritage site at Hacketts Gully, Western Australia31.9434° S · 116.1800° E
- No. 6 Steam Pumping Stationstructureheritage site in Yilgarn, Western Australia31.2544° S · 119.4566° E
- No 3 Pumping Stationstructureheritage listed building in Cunderdin, Western Australia31.6522° S · 117.2418° E
- Karalee Reservoir, Rock Catchment & Aqueductstructureheritage listed site near Southern Cross, Western Australia31.2616° S · 119.8323° E
- Old Pumping Stationstructureheritage listed building in Wallaroo, Western Australia31.0927° S · 120.6933° E
- Railway Water Tower, Cunderdinstructureheritage listed water tower in Cunderdin, Western Australia31.6516° S · 117.2415° E
- Mephan Fergusonstructure26.0000° S · 121.0000° E
- C. Y. O'Connorstructure26.0000° S · 121.0000° E
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