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