Busby's Bore
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Busby's Bore, Sydney's second water supply, is a heritage-listed former water management facility located between Centennial Park and College Street, Surry Hills, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. I
An 1857 sketch of the stand pipe in Hyde Park
A memorial of Busby's Bore located in Centennial Park, erected in 1988, pictured in 2017.
Fountain in Hyde Park, commemorating Sydney's second source of water and its first piped water supply, pictured in 2019.
A section of wooden pipe from Busby's Bore, on display at the Powerhouse Museum (citation required, this part of pipe appears to be from the tank stream pipe)
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
Busby's Bore
…water per day. Not all went to plan as there were injuries. Starting in 1859, Busby's Bore was supplemented and later supplanted by water pumped from Botany Swamps. In 1934, part of the Bore under Oxford Street was filled with sand to remove the risk of subsidence under the tram lines. The Bore remains under the…
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Engine House c.1872. The base of the chimney remains at the site.