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Bundaleer waterworks
Title : Bundaleer waterworks Bundaleer waterworks
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Date of creation : ca. 1910
Format : Photograph
Dimensions : 200 x 270 mm
Contributor : State Library catalogue
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Description :

Bundaleer waterworks showing the intake channel from the River Broughton and regulator outlet gates.

Built to a capacity of 6370 megalitres between 1898 and 1903 to supplement supplies from the Beetaloo Reservoir. Designed to provide water for the towns of Snowtown, Redhill, Brinkworth, Narridy, Blythe and Port Wakefield and surrounding districts.


Subjects
Period : 1884-1913
Region : Mid North
Further reading :
Malone, Ann. Bundaleer through the ages, S.l. : Jamestown and district Centenary Committee, 1971
Internet links :
Heritage of the Upper North : DEH pdf document
Water storage : SA Water website

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