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Boothtown Aqueduct
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The Boothtown Aqueduct is a heritage-listed 19th-century, Victorian Romanesque style water bridge in Greystanes, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Established in 1888, the aqueduct was built to cros
Boothtownaqueduct
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The bridge's fortified concrete legs.
The bridge's fortified concrete legs.
Panoramic view
Panoramic view
The aqueduct with suburban view in background
The aqueduct with suburban view in background
White elephant
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A white elephant is a possession that its owner cannot dispose of without extreme difficulty, and whose cost, particularly that of maintenance, is out of proportion to its usefulness. In modern usage,
Boothtown Aqueduct
…featured the power of gravity to transport water, before failing rather early after its construction and was finally bypassed altogether, becoming a white elephant (despite being a striking landmark in the landscape when the encompassing area consisted of small farmlands and bush). Boothtown Aqueduct is located…
A white elephant at the Amarapura Palace in 1855
A white elephant at the Amarapura Palace in 1855