Goldfields Water Supply Scheme

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The Goldfields Water Supply Scheme is a historic Australian engineering project that transports water over hundreds of kilometers from Perth to the arid Eastern Goldfields region of Western Australia.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf engineering project
water supply scheme
alsoKnownAs Goldfields Pipeline
Perth to Kalgoorlie pipeline
linked to: Goldfields Pipeline
category Engineering heritage in Australia
Water supply and sanitation in Western Australia
chiefEngineer C. Y. O’Connor
linked to: C. Y. O'Connor
completionDate 1903
component Mundaring Weir
goldfields pipeline
linked to: Goldfields Pipeline

pumping stations
connects Eastern Goldfields, Western Australia
Perth, Western Australia
linked to: Perth
constructionMethod riveted steel pipes (original construction)
constructionStartDate 1898
country Australia
designer C. Y. O’Connor
linked to: C. Y. O'Connor
heritageStatus National Heritage List (Australia)
State Register of Heritage Places (Western Australia)
inspired subsequent long-distance water supply projects in Australia
length approximately 560 kilometres
locatedIn Eastern Goldfields, Western Australia
Perth, Western Australia
linked to: Perth
managedBy Government of Western Australia
material steel pipeline
notableFor transporting water over hundreds of kilometres from a coastal city to an arid inland region
numberOfPumpingStations 8
openingDate 1903
operator Water Corporation of Western Australia
passesThrough Merredin, Western Australia
linked to: Merredin

Mundaring, Western Australia
linked to: Mundaring

Northam, Western Australia
Southern Cross, Western Australia
purpose supply water to Eastern Goldfields mining towns
transport potable water
regionServed Eastern Goldfields
Goldfields-Esperance region
significance enabled development of Eastern Goldfields mining industry
major Australian engineering heritage landmark
state Western Australia
status operational
technology gravity-fed sections
steam-driven pumping stations (historical)
terminus Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
linked to: Kalgoorlie
upgradedWith welded steel pipes
waterSource Helena River
Mundaring Weir

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Mount Charlotte Reservoir partOf Goldfields Water Supply Scheme
Mount Charlotte Reservoir category Goldfields Water Supply Scheme
C. Y. O'Connor notableWork Goldfields Water Supply Scheme
C. Y. O'Connor notableWork Coolgardie–Kalgoorlie water pipeline
linked to: Goldfields Water Supply Scheme
Merredin hasWaterSupplyInfrastructure Goldfields Water Supply Scheme
Cunderdin associatedWith Goldfields Water Supply Scheme
Mount Charlotte Reservoir partOf Goldfields Water Supply Scheme
subject linked to: Mount Charlotte
Mount Charlotte Reservoir startPoint Kalgoorlie water distribution network
subject linked to: Mount Charlotte
linked to: Goldfields Water Supply Scheme
Goldfields Pipeline alsoKnownAs Goldfields Water Supply Scheme
Mundaring Weir partOf Goldfields Water Supply Scheme
Goldfields Water Supply Scheme pumping stations partOf Goldfields Water Supply Scheme
Goldfields Water Supply Scheme pumping stations locatedAlong Goldfields Water Supply Scheme pipeline
linked to: Goldfields Water Supply Scheme
Goldfields Water Supply Scheme pumping stations associatedWith Goldfields Water Supply Scheme pipeline
linked to: Goldfields Water Supply Scheme