Janus: Cataract Dam and Broughton's Pass Weir

RCS contains:
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Y3086B	Photographs of the Dalwood Vineyards, near Branxton, New South Wales, Australia, 1886
Y3086C	Photographs - New South Wales, circa 1904
Y3086D	Government Railways of New South Wales rolling stock 1885
Y3086F	New South Wales. Photographs of Roads and Bridges. W.C. Bennett M. Inst. C.E., Commissioner and Engineer
Y3086H	Photographs of the National Park, 1888
Y3086I	Cataract Dam and Broughton's Pass Weir
Y3086J	Photographs - New South Wales, circa 1885
Y3086K	New South Wales, 1908
Y3086N	The University of Sydney, New South Wales: The Fisher Library, circa 1915
Y3086O	The University of Sydney
Y3086P	Streets and buildings of Sydney
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Cataract Dam and Broughton's Pass Weir

Title	Cataract Dam and Broughton's Pass Weir
Reference	GBR/0115/Y3086I
Creator	Unknown
Covering Dates	circa 1915
Extent and Medium	2 images in 1 file; The prints are in poor condition.
Repository	Cambridge University Library: Royal Commonwealth Society Library

Content and context

Photographer unknown.

Mounted prints measuring approximately 285 x 240 mm. With ornate handwritten captions on the mounts. The prints are signed on the reverse 'J.M. Creed'.

Presented by J.M. Creed.

Access and Use

Please cite as Cambridge University Library: Royal Commonwealth Society Library, Cataract Dam and Broughton's Pass Weir, Y3086I

Further information

Indexed

This collection level description was entered by KS using information from the original typescript catalogue.

This collection is available on microfiche: Australasia, fiche number 41.

Index Terms

Australia

Oceania

RCS/Y3086I contains:

Cataract Dam. 288 x 240 mm. A view looking down on to the dam from below the reservoir, with the spillway visible beyond the dam. The Cataract Dam is situated a little below the junction of Cataract Creek and Cataract River. The building of the dam, which forms part of Sydney's water supply system, came as a result of the Sydney drought of 1901-2, the first of any severity since the formation of the Water Board in 1888. Work on the dam started in 1903 and the dam, built of sandstone, was largely completed by 1907. The reservoir was filled to capacity for the first time in 1911 (as seen here), and it was decided to build a spillway, which work was completed in 1915.
Poor condition, fading and dirty..

Broughton's Pass Weir overflowing. 289 x 238 mm. A view looking down on the weir, with two men in the foreground watching the river. The weir, on the Cataract River, was built as a result of a Commission's recommendation in 1867, and in order to turn the intermingled waters of the four streams into a 36 mile conduit consisting of a series of tunnels, open canals and aqueducts.
Poor condition, considerable yellowing and some dirt stains..