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21-April-2016
21-April-2016

Photographs supplied by Father Ted Doncaster

The sculpture commemorates the Mundaring to Kalgoorlie pipeline designed by Engineer-in-Chief C.Y. O’Connor.

The pipeline carries fresh water from the hills on the outskirts of Perth to the eastern goldfields of Western Australia, across a distance of 560 kilometres. It took five years to build and was completed in 1903. It is still in use today and supplies water through 8000 kilometres of pipe to almost 100,000 people and 6 million sheep throughout the goldfields and surrounding agricultural areas.
 

Location

Address:Government Road, Wooroloo Reserve, Wooroloo, 6558
State:WA
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -31.801548
Long: 116.316287
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Sculpture
Monument Theme:Technology
Sub-Theme:Industry
Source: MA
Monument details supplied by Monument Australia - www.monumentaustralia.org.au