Gawler Water Works building. GWW. Erected in 1882 out of local bluestone. Flowering Jacaranda beside the building.
Gawler’s Water Works Building - GWW.
From its founding the town had to rely on rainwater tanks and carting water from the North or the South Para rivers. But in 1879 spring water was found at a depth of 57 feet along the banks of the South Para River and it was in plentiful supply. Water was pumped from this site to a storage tank on Calton Hill from where it could be piped to households using gravity. The pumping station and GWW building was erected in local bluestone in 1882. Around this time water was railed from the Gawler well and pumping station to the copper mining towns of Moonta and Kadina on Yorke Peninsula. After the Barossa Reservoir was built on the South Para River in 1901 reticulated water was provided to Gawler from this reservoir but the old well and pump works still remain on the site although they have not been used since 1901.
Gawler Water Works building. GWW. Erected in 1882 out of local bluestone. Flowering Jacaranda beside the building.
Gawler’s Water Works Building - GWW.
From its founding the town had to rely on rainwater tanks and carting water from the North or the South Para rivers. But in 1879 spring water was found at a depth of 57 feet along the banks of the South Para River and it was in plentiful supply. Water was pumped from this site to a storage tank on Calton Hill from where it could be piped to households using gravity. The pumping station and GWW building was erected in local bluestone in 1882. Around this time water was railed from the Gawler well and pumping station to the copper mining towns of Moonta and Kadina on Yorke Peninsula. After the Barossa Reservoir was built on the South Para River in 1901 reticulated water was provided to Gawler from this reservoir but the old well and pump works still remain on the site although they have not been used since 1901.