Tank Stream
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The Tank Stream is a heritage-listed former fresh water tributary of Sydney Cove and now tunnel and watercourse located in the Sydney central business district, in the City of Sydney local government
Brick-lined section of the Tank Stream, pictured in November 2008
Circular Quay and mouth of the Tank Stream, Sydney Cove, Frederick Garling Jr., 1839
Tank Stream, Sydney, 1842, John Skinner Prout
Tank Stream on a November 2008 tour
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
Tank Stream
…before forming a definite channel near King Street and flowing to Sydney Cove. Tank Stream was the main source of fresh water until the completion of Busby's Bore in 1837. Other dams were later added within the catchment area of Lachlan Swamps; now located within Centennial Park. Yet by 1826 Tank Stream had become…
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)