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Mount Dorothy Reservoir was completed in 1961 to meet the increasing need for water in the western suburbs of Sydney, particularly at Wentworthville and Westmead. [1]Mount Dorothy Reservoir (WS 73) is one of only two reservoirs using prestressed concrete technology to be built by the Metropolitan Water Sewerage & Drainage Board, although a number of similar reservoirs have been taken over by ...
This section of the Western Outfall Main Sewer is of historical significance, being one of Sydney's earliest main sewers, built in the 1890s to end the discharge sewage into Sydney Harbour. It is also significant for its association with the former Botany Sewage Farm, which it served until 1916, when the farm was superseded by the SWSOOS No .1. [1]
The origins of Sydney Water go back to 26 March 1888 when the Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Amendment Act, 1888 [1] was enacted and repealed certain sections of the Sydney Corporation Act, 1879 [2] relating to water supply and sewerage, thereby transferring the property, powers and obligations from the Municipal Council to the Board of Water Supply and Sewerage.
Balmain Colliery This is a list of industrial sites on or adjacent to the foreshore of Port Jackson, including Sydney Harbour, North Harbour, Middle Harbour, Lane Cove River, Parramatta River, and the islands within those waterways. Sydney now has relatively few foreshore industrial sites compared with earlier times, and this list is mainly of historical interest. This list may not include all ...
The site is now arguably the most important operations and control centre for Sydney's water supply system. [1] The pipes are a visual feature of the landscape along which they run. The physical curtilage of the Pipehead to Potts Hill Pipelines extends to the boundary of Sydney Water Corporation land along the route of the pipelines.
The Potts Hill Reservoir site is near Regents Park and Bankstown. It is situated upon the highpoint of the area and is bounded by Rookwood Road and Brunker Road, Cooper Road and the Sydney Water Supply Pipelines. Reservoir No. 1 was the first reservoir on the site, constructed between 1887 and 1889.
As at 10 September 2009, the Woronora Dam, constructed between 1927 and 1941, was the fifth and last of the water supply dams constructed prior to the Second World War to provide a secure water supply to satisfy the demands of industrial, commercial and residential development of metropolitan Sydney up to c. 1960.
The remaining area (2 roods & 6 3/4 perches) accommodates the underground section of the structure and has been used for Sydney Water operations as a maintenance depot. [4] [1] The aqueduct has required only minor repairs in the first 90 years of its existence. [1] It was repaired c. 1986, consisting of the insertion of a plastic liner in the ...