Water for Box Hill - a Pictorial History

Timeline of Important Events

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1860s - Sewerage
1891 - Proposal for Surrey Hills
1892 - Surrey Hlls Reservoir no. 1
1914 - The O'Shannassy System
1924 - Mitcham Reservoir and Tower
1926 - Mitcham - pipeline construction
1929 - Surrey Hills Water Tower
1929 - Surrey Hills Reservoir no. 2
1935 New Main at Ringwood
1938 Improving water supply
Timeline of Important Events
References
About the Author
Epilogue
Appendix 1 - Melbourne Water Scheme 1885
Appendix 2 - O'Shannassy Scheme 1920

1888 Proposal advanced for the O'Shannassy Scheme

1895 Standpipe installed near Whitehorse Inn

1891 New Main connected from Yan Yean Reservoir to Surrey Hills

1892 Surrey Hills Reservoir No. 1 completed

Early 1900s  Sewerage extended into Surrey Hills

1902-1905 Reticulation extended to Surrey Hills and Mont Albert

1913 O'Shannassy System commissioned

1910 O'Shannassy Watershed vested in MMBW

1912 O'Shannassy Sxheme - first construction contracts arrranged

1914 New pipeline from Launching Place to O'Shannassy System connected

1915 Pipeline from Yan Yean to Surrey Hills abandoned

1925 Pipehead reservoir built at Olinda - connected to Mitcham Reservoir

1929 Surrey Hills No.2 Reservoir Water Tower commissioned














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