Koorarawalyee Tank

Parent Place or Precinct

16610 Goldfields Water Supply Scheme

Values

• The place has associations with the establishment of the railway network to the Eastern Goldfields during the gold boom of the 1890s.
• The place forms part of system of reservoirs and dams established to provide water for the steam engines that once operated on the railway; a function which is no longer practised.
• As with the other dams along the line, the place is now used as a recreation spot by visitors.
• The place is a good example of an above ground water storage tank.

Physical Description

The place is a round stone water storage tank, which appears to have at some stage been reinforced with concrete. On the south side of the tank is a stone overflow shute, and on the north side is a pipeline.
The site has one above ground concrete tank.

History

A project which is part of a series of initiatives being undertaken by the Water Corporation's Agricultural Region to improve quality and security of water supplies, includes the commissioning of Walgoolan Pump Station and the Koorarawalyee Tank (both east of Merredin) in March and the Goodlands Rural Water Supply Improvement project, also due for completion early next year.

Integrity/Authenticity

High

Condition

Good

Uses

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