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Creator: Oliver, C. E.
Title: Canberra plan of city and environs. 103C, [Water supply and sewerage] [cartographic material] : contours 5ft. intervals / Walter Burley Griffin, Federal Capital Director, Design and Construction ; photolitho'd at the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works under the direction of A.E. Hodge 4-1-18.
Scale: Scale [1:205,920] (E 149?08'/S 35?18')
Publisher: [1919?]
Date: 1919 - 1920
Material Type: Map
Physical Description: 1 ms. map : col. ; 67 x 66 cm.
Notes: "103C, 2.1.18. TCH & HJH".

A manuscript revision probably by C.E. Oliver, civil engineer, of Walter Burley Griffin's final 1918 city plan of Canberra used as a base map with amendments to outline construction of water supply and sewerage pipelines. The exisiting water mains are shown highlighting proposed water mains of various sizes along with the existing main sewer lines and a large sewer drainage area corresponding to the suburb of Braddon. The legend at the top left corner of the sheet is shown by colour. Pipelines are seen running through the town centre, now the suburbs of Parkes and Civic. At the head of the sheet it states that the proposed reticulation be undertaken over the 1920-1921 period. Estimates of total cost are given. This proposed pipeline together with additional reticulation from Ainslie Avenue to Mt. Russell water reservoir will supply a population of 11,663 including the Royal Military College. Relief is shown by contours at 5ft. intervals and spot heights.

Part title devised by cataloguer.

This ms. map includes the top left part of a typed accompanying letter/note addressed to "W.B. Griffin, Esq., Federal Capital ..." and the date "24th November ..." - the year is likely to be 1919 as Griffin's position was abolished in 1920.

The base map is Griffin's 1918 final design of Canberra originally published: Melbourne : Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works, 1918.

Base map issued when under the control of the Dept. of Works and Railways.

Also available in electronic version via the Internet: http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-nic7
Subjects: Water-supply -- Australian Capital Territory -- Canberra -- Maps.
Sewerage -- Australian Capital Territory -- Canberra -- Maps.
City planning -- Australian Capital Territory -- Canberra -- Maps.
Canberra (A.C.T.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Maps.
Canberra (A.C.T.) -- [1919-1920?] -- Maps.
Call Number: MAP NIC 7
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