Cast Iron Traditional Cache
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The reservoir was designed in Newcastle, England in 1877 and imported from England to the Walka Watwer Works sometime later. It was opened in 1887.
The reservoir is said to have been moved from Walka Water Works in about 1928.
Dudley was provided with a water supply in 1930.
It is said to be the only one surviving of several simular pre-frabricated reservoirs at the Water Works.
The makers, the Birtley Iron Co., near Newcaslte in England, no longer exists.
The reservoir is an attractive structure and lankmark in Dudley.
It originally was one of several similar structures at the important Walka Water Works designed in 1877 and opened in 1887.
The reservoir has been in service for over 100 years.
The structure is probably now unique,since its former companions at Walka are understood to have disappeared, and no other similar structured are known to still exist,in Australia or Britain.
The reservoir represents the apex in design of iron structures,being durable,efficient,easy to erect and re-erect, and both sophisticated and simple.
This is a small circular pre-fabricated reservoir on a prominent hilltop.
Made with cast iron panels 3 foot 11 1/4 inch wide and 3 foot 8 1/4 inch deep, bolted together along cast iron flanges (8 bolts top and bottom, 7 bolts each side) with diagonal ribs.
8 wrought iron straps around the circumference,each 25 foot 8 inch long, located arcoss the centre of the panels, by cast in lugs.
The straps are linked end to end by wedges in slots.
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