Local Government
Kalamunda
Region
Metropolitan
Canning Rd Canning Mills
MHI entry indicated place in Pickering Brook but is in Canning Mills.
Kalamunda
Metropolitan
Constructed from 1897
Type | Status | Date | Documents | More information |
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Type | Status | Date | Documents |
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RHP - To be assessed | Current | 30 May 2003 |
Type | Status | Date | Grading/Management | More information | |
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Category | Description | ||||
Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 30 May 2013 | Category 2 |
Category 2 |
· The structure has historic value for its association with the provision of fresh water to the Perth metropolitan area and the political, economic and technical problems this ambition faced.
· The remaining structures have historic value for the association with the control of typhoid one of the major public health issues of the period.
· The structures have research value as an example of construction and design from the late 19th century.
Laterite stone construction with metal drainage channels leading through to drainage gullies.
Water storage schemes,technology, timber
Level of Integrity - Moderate; Level of Authenticity - Moderate
Fair
Ref ID No | Ref Name | Ref Source | Ref Date |
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Moromy FB; "WAter the Abiding Challenge". pp.34ff | Perth | 1980 | |
"New Victoria Dam", p. 2 | WAWA | 1993-4 |
Historic site
Epoch | General | Specific |
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Present Use | GOVERNMENTAL | Reservoir or Dam |
Original Use | GOVERNMENTAL | Reservoir or Dam |
Type | General | Specific |
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Wall | CONCRETE | Other Concrete |
General | Specific |
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SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES | Community services & utilities |
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