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Reservoir opening, Millbrook [B 6446] • Photograph

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Summary

[General description] A group of people including dignitaries pose next to the weir at Gumeracha which fed a mile long tunnel to the newly completed Reservoir. The Millbrook Reservoir is an earth bank dam fed from a weir on the River Torrens at Gumeracha, its elevation allows gravity supply of water to Adelaide's eastern suburbs. Water and hillside with gumtrees form a background. [On back of photograph] 'Millbrook Reservoir / Commissioner of Public Works admits the first flow of water into the inlet tunnel / July 5 1918'.

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Physical description

Photograph; 20.3 cm x 15.3 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1918

Collection

Part of Millbrook Collection

Subject

Reservoirs -- South Australia -- Millbrook

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Digitisation information

Date

06/09/2005

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,402 x 2,559 pixels (8.7 MP)

Size

8.74 MB

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