Conference Paper

Author

Statton, Peter

Title

Structural assessment of the historic North Adelaide Service Reservoir

In

Transactions of the 5th South Australian Engineering Heritage Conference, Adelaide, 13 May 2016

Imprint

Engineers Australia, South Australia Division, Adelaide, 2016, pp. 1-8

Abstract

Built in the late 1800s and hidden from view beneath the landscaped grounds of the Adelaide's Northern parklands is the North Adelaide Service Reservoir. The reservoir is a unique water storage tank structure with a vaulted brick masonry roof over internal arcades and brick arched walls that continues to supply water to the Adelaide community. Internally, the reservoir has a cathedral-like appearance of impressive arcades and piers with a unique beauty of its own, only seen by those of us fortunate to have entered into it. The reservoir is buried approximately four metres below the general original ground level and extends about two metres higher with landscaped mounds accessible to the general public, perhaps the only evidence of the tank's location below. The original valve house building, located on the eastern side of the tank mound, provides the only access into the tank. The valve house building sitting on the mound and the Council land are heritage listed.

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• Transactions of the 5th South Australian Engineering Heritage Conference, Adelaide, 13 May 2016 edited by Venus, Richard (Adelaide: Engineers Australia, South Australia Division, 2016), 98 pp. Details