With the establishment of Bendigo as a city in 1851, there was high demand for water as Bendigo is not situated on a river, so the Bendigo Waterworks Company was formed in 1858 to design and construct reservoirs.
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Of 8 planned reservoirs only the No. 1 and the No. 7 in the plan were built. No. 1 reservoir was built in 1859 across the Bendigo Creek however it leaked and was decommissioned then No. 7 Reservoir was built and completed in 1861 with a capacity to hold 270 million litres of domestic water to supply 15,000 Bendigo residents then using 160,000 litres per day.
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After the successful Number 7 Reservoir a water treatment works was constructed with a holding reservoir within the Robinson Crusoe Gully called Crusoe Reservoir. It was built to hold approximately 1500 Megalitres and included an advanced water filtration system. The Crusoe Reservoir was completed in 1873. Plans to build the remaining 6 reservoirs was abandoned.
The water engineers version of Machu Picchu below?
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In the reserve adjacent to the No. 7 Reservoir are some large and old pines heres one that looked very old.
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Nice photos Wayne...catch some more fish though! Pete Hughes
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