Mundaring Weir, Perth's most famous dam.
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| The construction fascinated the young, potential engineer |
It supplies over 100 000 people around the metropolitan area and another 30 000 in the place it was originally constructed for....The Goldfields; some 600 kms inland. It cost the brilliant engineer, C Y O'Connor, who was responsible for its construction, his life.
After much public criticism over cost blowouts and speculation on whether the amazing pipeline that was to carry the water would actually work, the now revered, O'Connor ended it all by shooting himself whilst riding his horse about twenty metres off the coast of Fremantle.
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| The dam is 30% full of rainwater - sounds good....no.....it's supplimented by desalinated water??? |
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| State of the Art engineering - for its day. |
Pump Room 1 - Three massive boilers like that above created the steam to move the water through the pipeline.
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