Water for Box Hill - a Pictorial History

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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

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Early view of Box Hill station, pre-electrification

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SYNOPSIS

This Website is authored by Bob Padula, OAM, of Mont Albert, Victoria, Australia, and is a project in his Pictorial History Research Series

It describes the planning, design, construction, evolution  and operations of the water distribution system into the present day municipalities of Box Hill, Surrey Hills, Mont Albert, and nearby.

The article spans the years from 1891 to the present time. Please let the author know what you think about this site - there is a neat little Guest Book elsewhere on this page for your comments and reactions, or you could Email the author direct!

The Chapters may be reached from the Navigation Area in the left panel of each page, which are arranged in chronological order by year.

The author hopes that you will find this article of interest.
 
Bob Padula,
April 2019

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Surrey Hills Tower during construction 1929 (Argus)

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