Coolgardie Goldfields Water Supply Scheme, 1903-
Description
Conceived by Engineer-in-Chief C.Y. O’Connor and completed in 1903, the Coolgardie Goldfields Water Supply Scheme comprised a reservoir on the Helena River, eight steam-driven pumping stations and 566 kilometres of steel pipeline supplying 23,000 kilolitres of water daily to the arid goldfields.
Nowhere else in the world had so much water been pumped so far. The system was subsequently extended to serve the central and north-east wheatbelt.
Regonition markers can be found in several place across Western Australia:
- Markers at Mundaring Dam's C Y O'Connor memorial
- Cunderdin Shire Museum
- Mt. Charlotte Reservoir, Kalgoorlie
Division
Marker Type
- IHCEL: International Historic Civil Engineering Landmark (awarded by American Society of Civil Engineers)
- NEL: National Engineering Landmark (to 2008)