and halted between between halted and

be reduced in 1929 1929 in reduced be

caused production to to production caused

works. The depression depression The works.

metres above the building. building. the above metres

knoll to the east of the the of east the to knoll

s 81 81 s tower that pole flag stainless-steel huge the is feature major A

primarily by levelling a a levelling by primarily

about the history of the site. the of history the about

material was obtained obtained was material along with a vast number of consultants and contractors. and consultants of number vast a with along

removed. The Tracks panel provides more information information more provides panel Tracks Canberra The removed.

mixer. The shale raw raw shale The mixer. a joint venture between Concrete Constructions and John Holland, Holland, John and Constructions Concrete between venture joint a

towers which supported the 44 kHz LF aerial but these have all been been all have these but aerial LF kHz 44 the supported which towers

mill, a press and pug pug and press a mill, was by Irwin Johnson and Partners, construction management by by management construction Partners, and Johnson Irwin by was

exchanges. The station had 48 HF aerials and three 180 metre lattice lattice metre 180 three and aerials HF 48 had station The exchanges.

each with a grinding grinding a with each elements including extensive use of stainless-steel. Structural design design Structural stainless-steel. of use extensive including elements

HF transmitters, controls, ancillary equipment and aerial switching switching aerial and equipment ancillary controls, transmitters, HF

six brick making units units making brick six building’s 200 year design life required special attention to structural structural to attention special required life design year 200 building’s

LF valve-operated transmitter, as well as several generations of of generations several as well as transmitter, valve-operated LF

with building Canberra, and was shortly expanded. Soon there were were there Soon expanded. shortly was and Canberra, building with reinforced concrete was the main structural material selected. The The selected. material structural main the was concrete reinforced

The transmitter building contains a rare, and largely original 250kW 250kW original largely and rare, a contains building transmitter The

The brickworks reopened in 1921, when the Government proceeded proceeded Government the when 1921, in reopened brickworks The and materials consistent with the capabilities of local industry, so so industry, local of capabilities the with consistent materials and

part of the combined Defence communications network. network. communications Defence combined the of part design brief required the use of conventional, tried technology technology tried conventional, of use the required brief design

1916 but operated only briefly while the country was at war. war. at was country the while briefly only operated but 1916

conjunction with HMAS Harman and receiver station Bonshaw as as Bonshaw station receiver and Harman HMAS with conjunction and then earth was returned to partially cover the structure. The The structure. the cover partially to returned was earth then and

equipment and brick presses, which commenced production in in production commenced which presses, brick and equipment

High Frequency (HF) transmitters were installed and operated in in operated and installed were transmitters (HF) Frequency High Hill and two smaller hills were removed, the building constructed, constructed, building the removed, were hills smaller two and Hill

ng ng processi and crushing kiln, Staffordshire a by replaced soon was

communication stations around the world. A wide range of of range wide A world. the around stations communication The construction was a vast and complex undertaking. Capital Capital undertaking. complex and vast a was construction The

to supply bricks for buildings in the new capital. A temporary plant plant temporary A capital. new the in buildings for bricks supply to

naval wartime operations by communicating with other allied allied other with communicating by operations wartime naval

The Commonwealth Government established a brickworks in 1913 1913 in brickworks a established Government Commonwealth The in 1901 and the Provisional House in 1927). 1927). in House Provisional the and 1901 in Melbourne

at sea. Directional antennas were also used to play a key role in in role key a play to used also were antennas Directional sea. at

same date as the opening of the original Federal in in Parliament Federal original the of opening the as date same

Australian and Allied submarines and surface vessels far away away far vessels surface and submarines Allied and Australian 5

Canberra Brickworks Canberra

Queen during the 1988 Bicentennial celebrations on 9 May (the (the May 9 on celebrations Bicentennial 1988 the during Queen

in the Southern Hemisphere, it communicated directly with with directly communicated it Hemisphere, Southern the in

it was opened by the the by opened was it

Tuggeranong . in 1938-39. As the most powerful Low Frequency (LF) transmitter transmitter (LF) Frequency Low powerful most the As 1938-39. in

started in 1980 and and 1980 in started

Royal Canberra Golf Club and at adjacent to the the to adjacent Creek Weston at and Club Golf Canberra Royal This transmitter station was designed in and constructed constructed and Australia in designed was station transmitter This

Giurgola. Construction Construction Giurgola.

the the at are vents original other The top. capped concrete flat a with

7 Naval Transmitter Station Station Transmitter Naval Belconnen

building was Romaldo Romaldo was building and reduce the build-up of gas in the system. They are 6m high, high, 6m are They system. the in gas of build-up the reduce and

architect for the new new the for architect

in brick from the Canberra Brickworks to ventilate the sewer tunnel tunnel sewer the ventilate to Brickworks Canberra the from brick in

setting.

replace it. The principal principal The it. replace

Community . Sewer Vent No. 3 is one of three shafts constructed constructed shafts three of one is 3 No. Vent Sewer Hall. Community

lookout reveals a panoramic view of the complex and its picturesque picturesque its and complex the of view panoramic a reveals lookout

decision was taken to to taken was decision

was Sewer Camp No 3. A small marker locates the Sewer Camp and and Camp Sewer the locates marker small A 3. No Camp Sewer was

engineer), to the Shepherd’s Lookout car park. A short walk to the the to walk short A park. car Lookout Shepherd’s the to engineer),

and in 1978 the the 1978 in and

and there were other, now vanished, camps nearby. One of these these of One nearby. camps vanished, now other, were there and

by driving 1km back up Stockdill Drive (named after the supervising supervising the after (named Drive Stockdill up back 1km driving by

became overcrowded overcrowded became

his workers who were building Hostel No 1, now the Hyatt Hotel Hotel Hyatt the now 1, No Hostel building were who workers his

plant and its complex chemical engineering. The site can be viewed viewed be can site The engineering. chemical complex its and plant

which opened in 1927, 1927, in opened which

Westlake camp was built by contractor John Howie in 1922 to house house to 1922 in Howie John contractor by built was camp Westlake

An interpretive panel by the main gates outlines the history of the the of history the outlines gates main the by panel interpretive An

Parliament House, House, Parliament

Camp up Stirling Ridge to the sewer vent. sewer the to Ridge Stirling up Camp The temporary old old temporary The

and discharges as clean water into the . River. Molonglo the into water clean as discharges and

Foster Crescent takes you from the marker at the former Westlake Westlake former the at marker the from you takes Crescent Foster

biological treatment treatment biological

. city.

A short walk straight ahead up the hill from the western end of of end western the from hill the up ahead straight walk short A

physical, chemical, and and chemical, physical,

design for the capital capital the for design

water, goes through through goes water, sewer vent vent sewer the key axes of Griffin’s Griffin’s of axes key the

4 plant, which is 99% 99% is which plant,

Site of Westlake camp and Stirling Ridge outfall outfall Ridge Stirling and camp Westlake of Site is one of of one is Ainslie Mount

The input to the the to input The

the front of both buildings the view northwards across the lake to to lake the across northwards view the buildings both of front the

plant in Australia. Australia. in plant

Yarralumla Creek. Creek. Yarralumla see inside and you may wish to return later to either building. From From building. either to later return to wish may you and inside see

waste water treatment treatment water waste

including the brick ventilators and a section that forms a weir on the the on weir a forms that section a and ventilators brick the including inspection is recommended as part of this tour, but there is much to to much is there but tour, this of part as recommended is inspection

and most sophisticated sophisticated most and

manholes. It also provides information about the route and features features and route the about information provides also It manholes. new Parliament House is included in this brochure. A brief external external brief A brochure. this in included is House Parliament new

plant was the largest largest the was plant

The interpretive panel allows you to visualise the route deep below below deep route the visualise to you allows panel interpretive The incorporated in the Southside Engineering Heritage Tour, while the the while Tour, Heritage Engineering Southside the in incorporated

completed in 1978, this this 1978, in completed

visits. Background information about Old Parliament House is is House Parliament Old about information Background visits.

Royal Canberra Golf Club. Club. Golf Canberra Royal

be non-polluting. When When non-polluting. be

The old and new Parliament Houses each warrant lengthy lengthy warrant each Houses Parliament new and old The

close to the historic marker and another was at what is now the the now is what at was another and marker historic the to close

Murrumbidgee would would Murrumbidgee

miners who lived in temporary camps. One construction camp was was camp construction One camps. temporary in lived who miners

2 New Parliament House House Parliament New quality treatment was required so that the water discharged into the the into discharged water the that so required was treatment quality

The sewer is an oval concrete lined tunnel which was excavated by by excavated was which tunnel lined concrete oval an is sewer The

junction of the Molonglo and Murrumbidgee Rivers. A very high high very A Rivers. Murrumbidgee and Molonglo the of junction

recognising the role of engineers in creating the lake. the creating in engineers of role the recognising

Creek was overloaded. A site for a new plant was selected near the the near selected was plant new a for site A overloaded. was Creek

using direct employees. direct using

commemorating the heritage significance of and and Griffin Burley Lake of significance heritage the commemorating

By the 1970s the original sewerage treatment plant at Weston Weston at plant treatment sewerage original the 1970s the By

Hill and Henry Connell, with construction supervised by Connell, Connell, by supervised construction with Connell, Henry and Hill

Outside the entrance to the Centre is an Engineers Australia plaque plaque Australia Engineers an is Centre the to entrance the Outside

Water Quality Control Centre. It was designed by engineers Thomas Thomas engineers by designed was It Centre. Control Quality Water

6 Lower Molonglo Water Quality Control Centre Control Quality Water Molonglo Lower

expanded system, and is now connecting to the Lower Molonglo Molonglo Lower the to connecting now is and system, expanded lake. a create

treatment plant at Weston Creek. The tunnel is still part of a much much a of part still is tunnel The Creek. Weston at plant treatment to dammed be could River Molonglo the that proposed also He close to the works. works. the to close

gravity at a constant fall of 0.57m per km (3 ft per mile) to the former former the to mile) per ft (3 km per 0.57m of fall constant a at gravity competition. design Canberra the in entrants brief to used 1909, in around Canberra until 1927 and traces of the track bed can be seen seen be can bed track the of traces and 1927 until Canberra around

Melbourne. It originally conveyed sewage from central Canberra by by from sewage conveyed originally It Melbourne. area the of survey detailed first the produced who Scrivener, Charles Narrow gauge railways linked the works to major building sites sites building major to works the linked railways gauge Narrow

of the sewer allowed the Federal Parliament to transfer from from transfer to Parliament Federal the allowed sewer the of by used equipment surveying including objects historic are There

retained as part of an urban renewal project. renewal urban an of part as retained

since 1926 as part of Canberra’s wastewater system. Completion Completion system. wastewater Canberra’s of part as 1926 since design. Canberra’s to introduction an provides Centre Information

been used for a range purposes, but kilns and machinery should be be should machinery and kilns but purposes, range a for used been

The Main Outfall Sewer was commenced in 1914 and has operated operated has and 1914 in commenced was Sewer Outfall Main The Centre/Visitor Exhibition Capital National the in point start The

brick making resumed and continued until 1976. The site has since since has site The 1976. until continued and resumed making brick

1 3 Outfall sewer historic marker marker historic sewer Outfall Route The 1931 and 1935. There was a further closure during World War II but but II War World during closure further a was There 1935. and 1931

Heritage Marker Heritage Sites Tour

8 Australian Institute of Sport - National Indoor homopolar generator Sports Centre and Stand can be seen outside the Cockroft Building. The National Indoor Sports Centre was opened on 26 January 1981 and subsequently became the inaugural home of the Australian Oliphant’s successor, Institute of Sport (AIS). , was responsible for The AIS Arena features a 1200 tonne suspended concrete panel construction of the roof, supported by 12 steel masts and 36 mainstay cables, with 14UD Heavy Ion a 100 metre span. This arena and the adjacent outdoor stadium Accelerator which were designed by Phillip Cox & Partners with Ken Murtagh of Bond was purchased James Laron Murtagh as the structural engineer. Each building from the USA and has been conferred with the Institution of Engineers Excellence in commissioned in ACT Engineering Award. 1974. It is housed in a 40 metre-tall steel and concrete tower, and generates enormous voltages of 14 million volts and more. This The Mal Meninga Stand was completed in 1977 as part of an voltage accelerates charged particles (ions) at up to 10% of the outdoor athletics stadium. The stadium originally included a speed of light. A beam of speeding sub-atomic particles emerges Engineering 400 metre running track and this 8000-seat grandstand with a from the bottom of the accelerator. Magnets steer the beam into cantilever roof supported by masts and cables. The running track one of several lines, each equipped with different devices and was removed after the stadium was upgraded for in detectors for a range of experiments undertaken by Australian and 1990 to become the home ground for the . It was Heritage Tour international researchers. further renovationed in 1997 for soccer games during the 2000 Olympics. In 2005 a new Superconducting linear accelerator beam line, designed in-house at the Research School, boosted the energy of The architect stated that both buildings “are expressions of the the output of the accelerator by 50%. An ANU YouTube film can be philosophy that there is no division between architecture and City, Yarralumla & Northside viewed to explain the equipment. structural engineering”. 9 Black Mountain Tower 11 Australian Academy of Science, Shine Dome This award-winning building was designed by the architect Roy By the 1970s there was pressure to build a Grounds. The building was completed in 1959 and cost £200,000. microwave link to augment coaxial cable trunk The innovative, light-weight concrete dome is 45.75 metres in telephone capacity and support expanding national diameter and is held up by 16 slender supports surrounded by a and regional television networks. The proposed concrete ring beam forming a moat; it was the largest of its type in telecommunications tower on Black Mountain the world. There is a 159-seat auditorium on the ground floor, with was very contentious and court was taken a meeting room, gallery and library on the two floors above. in an attempt to prevent its construction but forty years later it is a major tourist attraction. The tower The structural design posed considerable technical complexities. was designed and supervised by architects and Consultants included engineers WL Irwin & Associates and the engineers of the Commonwealth Department of Melbourne University Works and was built by Concrete Constructions. It Civil Engineering Dept. consists of a reinforced concrete shaft supporting A 1/40th scale model two concentric concrete drums which are used was constructed to for several floors of telecommunications test the structural equipment and public access. A 30 metre integrity of the diameter foundation supports a shaft which design. Consultants is 12 metre in diameter at the base, tapering Bolt, Bereneck and to 4 metres, with a steel antenna on top. The Newman Inc resolved tower has an overall height of 195 metres the complex internal above the podium building. acoustics created by the dome shape. The tower houses the transmitters and aerials for radio and TV stations and allowed colour TV to be introduced to Canberra and more recently, the proliferation of mobile phones. 10 ANU Nuclear Physics The Research School of Physical Sciences commenced in 1947 This project was supported with the under the directorship of the noted Australian nuclear physicist funding made available by the ACT . His plans centred on combining a cyclo-synchrotron Government under the ACT Heritage particle accelerator and homopolar generator with huge magnets Grants Program. and energy stored in massive rotating disks. The remains of the Belconnen Naval 7 Transmitter Station

Belconnen

Lower Molonglo Water Quality Australian Institute of Sport - 6 Control Centre 8 National Indoor Sports Centre and Mal Meninga Stand

Engineering Heritage site of interest Inner North

1 Visitor Information Centre

2 New Parliament House

3 Outfall sewer historic marker

4 Site of Westlake camp and Stirling Ridge outfall sewer vent 9 Black Mountain Tower 5 Canberra Brickworks Civic 6 Lower Molonglo Water Quality Control Centre ANU Nuclear Physics 10 11 Australian Academy of Science, Shine Dome 7 Belconnen Naval Transmitter Station 1 Visitor Information Centre 8 Australian Institute of Sport - National Indoor Sports Centre and Mal Meninga Stand

9 Black Mountain Tower

10 ANU Nuclear Physics Outfall sewer historic marker Site of Westlake camp and 3 Take the Stirling Ridge outfall sewer vent 4 11 Australian Academy of Science, Google maps tour Shine Dome

New Parliament House Canberra Brickworks 2 Legend 5

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