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26-734: The Upper Canal System , also called the Southern Railway Aqueduct and the Cataract Tunnel , is a heritage-listed operational gravity -fed aqueduct that supplies some of the potable water for Sydney , in New South Wales , Australia . The aqueduct comprises 54 kilometres (34 mi) of open canals , tunnels, and closed pipelines that connect the Upper Nepean Scheme with the Prospect Reservoir . The aqueduct

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78-653: A series of tunnels, canals and aqueducts known as the Upper Canal. It was intended that water be fed by gravity from the catchment into a reservoir at Prospect. This scheme was to be Sydney's fourth water supply system, following the Tank Stream , Busby's Bore and the Botany Swamps . The Upper Canal, now managed by the Sydney Catchment Authority, is divided into eleven maintenance sections, from Pheasant's Nest to

104-542: A variety of materials, depending on the nature of the country it passes through. Where the ground is soft, the canal system is trapezoidal in shape and the sides lined with unreinforced concrete slabs. In other sections, the canal is u-shaped and the sides are lined with sandstone masonry. Where the canal system is cut into solid rock, it is unlined. Tunnels allow the aqueduct to pass under hills. These are unlined if cut through solid rock, or lined with brick or sandstone if cut through softer material. Above ground pipelines allow

130-636: Is a heritage list of places in the state of New South Wales , Australia , that are protected by New South Wales legislation, generally covered by the Heritage Act 1977 and its 2010 amendments. The register is administered by the Heritage Council of NSW via Heritage NSW, a division of the Government of New South Wales Department of Planning and Environment . The register was created in 1999 and includes items protected by heritage schedules that relate to

156-824: Is managed by the Sydney Catchment Authority on behalf of WaterNSW, an agency of the Government of New South Wales . It was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 18 November 1999. The Upper Canal forms a major component of the Upper Nepean Scheme. The Upper Nepean Scheme supplies water from the Cataract River at Broughtons Pass to the Crown Street reservoir, a distance of 101.79 kilometres (63.25 mi). The Upper Canal commences by tunnel from Pheasant's Nest Weir on

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234-566: The Nepean River and extends through the local government areas of Wollondilly , Camden , Campbelltown , Liverpool , Fairfield , and Cumberland , to terminate at the Prospect Reservoir. After the Nepean and Cataract tunnels, the aqueduct drops just 50 metres (160 ft) in elevation over its 54-kilometre (34 mi) course, or just 0.1 percent grade . The canal system is built from

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338-816: The Minister places and objects for listing on the State Heritage Register. The work of the Council and the State Heritage Register is generally covered by the Act, 1977 / {{{4}}} (NSW) and its 2010 amendments. Under section 170 of the Act, government agencies in New South Wales are required to compile a register of heritage assets and look after their assets on behalf of the community. The National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 preserves Aboriginal heritage. Items nominated for listing on

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390-565: The Prospect Reservoir. Historically each of these sections had its own section keeper, with a cottage built along the section. The aqueduct was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 18 November 1999 with the following statement of significance: The Upper Canal System is significant as a major component of the Upper Nepean Scheme. As an element of this Scheme, the Canal has functioned as part of Sydney's main water supply system since 1888. Apart from maintenance and other improvements,

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442-745: The State, and to regional and to local environmental plans. As a result, the register contains over 20,000 statutory-listed items in either public or private ownership of historical, cultural, and architectural value. Of those items listed, approximately 1,785 items are listed as significant items for the whole of New South Wales; with the remaining items of local or regional heritage value. The items include buildings, objects, monuments, Aboriginal places, gardens, bridges, landscapes, archaeological sites, shipwrecks, relics, bridges, streets, industrial structures and conservation precincts. Typically, an item will first attract local listing, then regional or State listing. If

468-523: The Upper Canal has changed little. As part of this System, the Canal is associated with Edward Moriarty, Head of the Harbours and Rivers Branch of the NSW Public Works Department. The Canal is aesthetically significant, running in a serpentine route through a rural bushland setting as an impressive landscape element with sandstone and concrete-lined edges; and is also significant as it demonstrates

494-480: The canal system to cross creeks and gullies. These were inverted iron syphons resting on sandstone piers. The Upper Canal has only one kilometre (zero point six two miles) of pipelines crossing nine creeks and the Main Southern railway line ; with 19 kilometres (12 mi) of tunnels and 44 kilometres (27 mi) of open canal. Many of the original iron pipes remain in use, some lined with plastic sleeves to protect

520-458: The community, the government, the conservation profession and representatives of organisations such as the National Trust of Australia , makes decisions about the care and protection of heritage places and items that have been identified as being significant to the people of NSW. The Council provides advice on heritage matters to the Minister for Environment and Heritage. The Council recommends to

546-766: The item is of significance to the nation, the State will advocate for listing on the Australian National Heritage List or the Commonwealth Heritage List . Finally, if the item is of global significance, the Australian Government will advocate for the item to be listed on the UNESCO World Heritage List . The Heritage Council of New South Wales , a statutory body appointed by the NSW Government and comprising members of

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598-553: The pipes and keep them waterproof. Many of the original mechanisms to control and divert the water's flow - such as stop logs, penstocks, and gate valves - are also still in use. In recent years, water control structures have been installed to assist with regulation of water levels in the canal and to cater for varying flow rates. It is estimated that the Upper Nepean System and, hence, the Upper Canal System, supplies in

624-537: The range of 20 to 40 per cent of Sydney's daily demand for potable water. In 1867, the Governor of New South Wales appointed a Commission to recommend a scheme for Sydney's water supply, and by 1869 it was recommended that construction commence on the Upper Nepean Scheme. This consisted of two diversion weirs, located at Pheasant's Nest and Broughton's Pass, in the Upper Nepean River catchment, with water feeding into

650-457: The register are assessed against the State Heritage Register criteria to determine the level of significance. To be assessed for listing on the State Heritage Register an item will, in the opinion of the Heritage Council of NSW, meet one or more of the following criteria: An item is not to be excluded from the Register on the ground that items with similar characteristics have already been listed on

676-508: The techniques of canal building, and evidence of engineering practice. The Canal as a whole is an excellent example of 19th century hydraulic engineering, including the use of gravity to feed water along the canal. Heritage register This list is of heritage registers , inventories of cultural properties , natural and human-made, tangible and intangible , movable and immovable, that are deemed to be of sufficient heritage value to be separately identified and recorded. In many instances

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