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Photograph - Copy of a publication depicting Mount Helen water tank 1958, Mount Helen water tank 1958

  • Black and white photograph storage tank at Mount Helen, taken at its opening in 1958 for Buninyong Water Trust showing a single mild steel storage tank (500,000 gallon capacity) surrounding mesh fencing and small pumping shed

    Mount Helen water tank 1958

Historical information

This image depicts the opening of the permanent water supply for the Buninyong Township and District in 1958 for Buninyong Water Trust

Significance

This image illustrates the turning on the valve for the first permanent water supply to Buninyong in 1958

Physical description

A black and white photocopy of a photo showing the 500,000 gallon capacity water tank at Mount Helen

Inscriptions & markings

Mount Helen mild steel storage tank, (500,00 gallons capacity) from which water is supplied to the Township of Mount Buninyong and district.

Subjects

References

  • A Century of Permanent Water Supply The Ballarat Water Commissioners, 1962
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