Goldfields Pipeline

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The Goldfields Pipeline is a historic Western Australian water supply scheme that transports water over hundreds of kilometers from Perth’s hills to the arid Eastern Goldfields region.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf heritage infrastructure
pipeline
water supply scheme
alsoKnownAs Golden Pipeline
Goldfields Water Supply Scheme
architect C. Y. O’Connor
linked to: C. Y. O'Connor
chiefEngineer C. Y. O’Connor
linked to: C. Y. O'Connor
completionDate 1903
constructionMaterial riveted steel pipes
country Australia
endPoint Coolgardie
Kalgoorlie
engineeringDiscipline civil engineering
hasPart Mundaring Weir
pumping station
reservoir
heritageDesignation Engineering Heritage National Marker
heritageStatus National Heritage List (Australia)
inception 1898
length approximately 560 kilometres
locatedIn Goldfields Water Supply Scheme corridor
Mundaring
Western Australia
locatedNear Perth Hills
notableEvent listed on Australia’s National Heritage List in 2011
operator Water Corporation of Western Australia
passesThrough Wheatbelt region of Western Australia
linked to: Wheatbelt region
purpose supply water to arid inland mining towns
transport potable water
regionServed Eastern Goldfields
Goldfields-Esperance region
significantFor development of Western Australian goldfields
long-distance water transport engineering
startPoint Mundaring Weir
status operational
waterSource Mundaring Weir reservoir
linked to: Mundaring Weir

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Mount Charlotte Reservoir connectedTo Goldfields Pipeline
Coolgardie transportLink Goldfields Water Supply Pipeline vicinity
linked to: Goldfields Pipeline
Goldfields Water Supply Scheme component goldfields pipeline
linked to: Goldfields Pipeline
Goldfields Water Supply Scheme alsoKnownAs Goldfields Pipeline
Goldfields Water Supply Scheme alsoKnownAs Perth to Kalgoorlie pipeline
linked to: Goldfields Pipeline
Mundaring Weir feeds Goldfields pipeline
linked to: Goldfields Pipeline