water tanks, Hawkesbury River, NSWGR

water tanks, Hawkesbury River, NSWGR

The larger 40000g water tank at Hawkesbury River was supplied by gravity from a small dam that collected runoff from the Sydney plateau.
The dam water was found to be of insufficient quality, so it was cycled through a water purifier installed in a shed on an elevated platform adjacent to the southern tank lip.
The water mains arrived in Brooklyn in the 1940s, so to enhace the reliability of water supply the existing tank was connected to the mains and, in 1945, plans were drawn up for a second 20000g tank.
The second tank was duly erected to the south of the 40000g tank and the purifier. Since the new tank took water only from the mains, it was not connected to the purifier.

Author: Leigh Stokes (ElStoko)

water tanks, Hawkesbury River, NSWGR
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