Historical information
Five of a collection of slides donated by Laurie Dixon.
Water was pumped from Candowie Reservoir to nearby Almurta Basin and gravity fed to Wimbledon Heights Storage Basin. These open water basins were two main components of the water distribution of the day and supplied the area from 1964 to 1989. The Almurta and Wimbledon Heights Storage Basins were decommissioned in 1999 when the San Remo Basin was improved an now is the vital link in the transfer of water from Candowie via the Purification Plant.
Physical description
Five of a collection of slides taken by Laurie Dixon. (Photographs scanned by E Alexander).
The photographs are of the machinery used to clear the land for the reservoir constructed at Wimbledon Heights in September 1961
273-08 Robert Cleeland on Tractor
Inscriptions & markings
Inscriptions of slides
273-09. Tourerpull & crawler at reservoir Sep. 61
273-10. Reservoir Sep 61
273-11. Reservoir Sep 61
273-12. Building reservoir Sep 61