FOREST CREEK GRANITE FALLS

FARADAY ROAD GOLDEN POINT, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE

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    FOREST CREEK GRANITE FALLS - History

    Heritage Inventory History of Site: Constructed in the 1860s or 1870s. Early photos and postcards, from the 1890s, show the system in use. The structures have deteriorated badly and no longer function.

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    FOREST CREEK GRANITE FALLS - Heritage Inventory Description

    A series of granite "falls" or "drops" constructed along Forest Creek. They were designed to control water flow into the Expedition Pass Channel.

    Heritage Inventory Significance: These structures are remnants of Victoria's first major rural water supply system, the Coliban Water Supply System. They are of high local historical significance.

    Informants: Barbara James, Golden Point, RSD 181, Castlemaine, 3450./nRecorded by: Jeremy Smith, Andrea Murphy, Vincent Clark. Date Recorded: September 199 Heritage Inventory Site Features: A total of nineteen structures built across the creek over a distance of approximately 500 metres. Constructed of granite, of which only the capping stones have been dressed. The structures are 2 to 3 metres high and one metres thick. The second to last structure, north, downstream, now carries a bridge.

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