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Buckland Hill Reservoir

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The reservoir was built in 1925 on top of a limestone ridge adjacent to the Buckland Hill lighthouse. In 1935 the reservoir capacity was expanded from 4 million imperial gallons (18 million litres; 4.8 million US gallons) to 14 million imperial gallons (64 million litres;
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is the most westerly in the Perth metropolitan area. The reservoir was originally filled with water from Perth's hill dams and features a water treatment plant. In 1935 Buckland Hill supplied water to the area from Fremantle to Claremont.
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in 1872 to 1874, became an island when the reservoir was enlarged. When the reservoir was roofed in 1983 the obelisk was moved west to its current location.
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superphosphate works, which operated from 1910 to 1969. In 1941, the reservoir shared the hill with the
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The hill was originally of a much greater height but was quarried for limestone for the nearby
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17 million US gallons). The Buckland Hill obelisk, believed to have been constructed as a
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Mosman Park, Western Australia
Perth central business district
reservoir
Rottnest Island
Garden Island
Fremantle
Swan River
Bicton
East Fremantle
trig point
Gage Roads
Cockburn Sound

Mt Lyell
Australian Army
Leighton Battery

List of reservoirs and dams in Australia


"Harbour lights: Scenes and happenings at Fremantle"


"Water and sewerage"
"From a window in Perth"
"Heritage register (Seafaring monuments)"
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"Heritage register (Leighton Battery)"
the original
Early history of Perth

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