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Author
Crawford, P. G.; Ryan, K. A.
Title
The history of the early water supply of Hobart: the first 100 years, 1804-1904
Imprint
Institution of Engineers, Australia, Tasmania Division, Hobart, Tasmania, 1988, 66 pp
ISBN/ISSN
0858254441
Abstract

As the population of Hobart Town grew rapidly, the supply of water not only proved inadequate but deteriorated considerably in quality in the lower reaches due to pollution by both the human and animal population. Engineers were then called upon to devise a more constant supply of good quality water at various points throughout the settlement. Thus began a long period of engineering development to satisfy the ever increasing demand for good and adequate supplies of water. The authors have traced this development over the first hundred years and it is now recorded here as part of our Engineering Heritage and as a tribute to those early engineers.

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