Photograph - Historical Society Field Trip to Coliban Water Assets, Dec 2009

Historical information

The original Coliban Water Works were designed in 1863 by the Irish engineer Joseph Brady. The system included 70 kilometres of open water channels, aqueducts, syphons and tunnels to carry water (by gravity) from the Coliban River at Malmsbury, north to Castlemaine and Bendigo.

Physical description

One hundred and nineteen photos taken on a field trip by the Bendigo Historical Society to Coliban Water Supply assets.

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