Helena River Reservoir

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AKA Mundaring Weir across Helena River. This Reservoir was built in the late 1890s to provide drinking water for the Goldfields and Kalgoorie. The lake itself was, until recently, known as Helena River Reservoir, but is now known as Lake C Y O'Connor, after it's main architect.

More details about the Drinking Water pipeline here : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldfields_Water_Supply_Scheme
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mundaring_Weir,_Western_Australia
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Coordinates:   31°59'22"S   116°12'36"E
This article was last modified 11 years ago