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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Goldfields Water Supply Pipeline vicinity 1

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

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Mount Charlotte Reservoir connectedTo Goldfields Pipeline
Coolgardie transportLink Goldfields Pipeline
this entity surface form: Goldfields Water Supply Pipeline vicinity