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LOCATION
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Address off Gorge Road MONTACUTE
Locality
Accuracy H - high level confidence
Council Area Adelaide Hills Council; Tea Tree Gully Council
Polygon Type B - Building footprint
DESCRIPTION
Details (Known As) River Torrens Weir & Aqueduct, Montacute & Highbury
Registered Name Torrens River Weir and Aquaduct
Significance The weir was constructed in 1859 to supply water to the Thorndon Park Reservoir. It was part of the first reticulated water scheme for the Adelaide metropolitan area, designed by the Colonial Engineer, George Ernest Hamilton. The aqueduct, completed in 1872 under the supervision of the Engineer-in-Chief Henry Coathupe Mais to supply water from the weir to the Hope Valley Reservoir, is a significant technical accomplishment. The aqueduct crosses the River and continues as a lined channel to the reservoir. The weir and aqueduct are significant as examples of early engineering technology and for their association with the development and expansion of the water supply to the Adelaide metropolitan area (HSA, 1/2000).
Subject Index Utilities - Weir; Utilities - Aqueduct
Class State
STATUS
Status Code REG - Confirmed as a State Heritage Place in the SA Heritage Register
Status Date 24-JUL-1980
REFERENCE
LGA Tea Tree Gully; Adelaide Hills
State Heritage ID 10886
Heritage Number 3404
SECTION 16 INFORMATION
Section 16
PLAN PARCEL & TITLE
As listed in the SA Heritage Register
Plan Parcel & Title Information CT 5890/7 D55490 A52,CT 5890/11 D55490 A56,CT 6219/119 D55490 A53

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