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Merredin Railway Museum > Records

RAILWAY DAM MERREDIN

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7 PHOTOS----POSTERS 1)Caretakers cottage built approx 1893 photo taken 1946 size 28 cm x 18.5 cm 2) Railway dam over flow channel south side of dam .Built 1893 enlarged 1930s to a capacity of 25 mill.litres 2 B )--Feeder channel with Merredin peak in background size 29 cm x 20 cm 3A) Water from Merredin peak flowing into feeder channel 3B ) Dam looking Nth with Merredin peak in background ---now provides waterfor Railway Oval 4) Burracoppin Railway dam --Caretakers Cottage Built approx 1894 Photo Taken 1988 Size 28 cm x 17.7 cm 5) The Old Water Tank approx 1893 Tank carries sign 'Kalgoorlie Bitter' which was manufacturedat the Merredin Brewery Size 19 cm x 19.8 cm All laminated no copies

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cwa-org-156-1997.153

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Transport > Railways

Merredin Railway Museum

Merredin Railway Museum

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