Botany Water Reserves
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The Botany Water Reserves is a heritage-listed area that was historically used as part of Sydney's water supply system. It is located at 1024 Botany Road, Mascot, New South Wales, Australia. The site
Heritage boundaries
Engine House c.1872. The base of the chimney remains at the site.
Upper Nepean Scheme
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The Upper Nepean Scheme is a series of dams and weirs in the catchments of the Cataract, Cordeaux, Avon and Nepean rivers of New South Wales, Australia. The scheme includes four dams and two weirs, an
Botany Water Reserves
…Dam (1876–1877) by way of a pipe to the No 4 Pond. The then Bunnerong Road was moved and ran along the top of this dam wall. By the early 1880s the Upper Nepean Scheme was well underway and in November 1886 the Nepean-supplied water effectively ended the general supply of Sydney's water from the Botany system. Even…
Wall of the Cordeaux Dam, one of the dams in the Upper Nepean Scheme
Cataract reservoir at full capacity, discharging through spillway
Detail of Cataract Dam spillway
Outlet works at Cataract Dam