Wikimedia Commons

File:View of the completed reservoir in the Barossa Valley.(GN02814).jpg

Original file ‎(3,264 × 2,448 pixels, file size: 868 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary

edit
View of the completed reservoir in the Barossa Valley.
Photographer
State Government Photographer
Title
View of the completed reservoir in the Barossa Valley.
Description

The Barossa Reservoir was built between 1899 and 1902 to supply water to Gawler and outlying northern areas. Built at a cost of almost £170,000 the reservoir was hailed on completion as an engineering marvel, and at a total of 36 metres, was the highest in Australia. The arch of the retaining wall curved against the pressure of the water and was considered to be progressive at the time. The Barossa Reservoir was formed by damming the Yettie Creek gorge in the northern Mount Lofty Ranges, a feat that took over 400 men.

Large stones and old tram rails were used to strenghten the dam wall. This photograph was taken after its completion.
Date circa 1904
date QS:P571,+1904-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium Glass Negatives
The History Trust of South Australia
Accession number
GN02814
Source The History Trust of South Australian, South Australian Government
Photo [1]
Object record [2]
Permission
(Reusing this file)
Creative Commons CC-Zero This file is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication.
The person who associated a work with this deed has dedicated the work to the public domain by waiving all of their rights to the work worldwide under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, to the extent allowed by law. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.

Licensing

edit
Creative Commons CC-Zero This file is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication.
The person who associated a work with this deed has dedicated the work to the public domain by waiving all of their rights to the work worldwide under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, to the extent allowed by law. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current06:24, 6 February 2020Thumbnail for version as of 06:24, 6 February 20203,264 × 2,448 (868 KB)Htsa (talk | contribs)Image uploaded using Htsa Bot

You cannot overwrite this file.

Retrieved from "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:View_of_the_completed_reservoir_in_the_Barossa_Valley.(GN02814).jpg&oldid=688785975"