Delegate River Diversion Tunnel

The Delegate River Diversion Tunnel is a Victorian gold rush diversion tunnel on the Delegate River in east Gippsland, Victoria, Australia - approximately 70 km north-east of Orbost . The river eventually runs through the township of Delegate, New South Wales which is the water supply for the town. The tunnel is approximately 60 m long and diverts the river away from its original course.[1][2][3]

The tunnel was dug in 1889 by the Delegate River Gold Sluicing Co, which was formed to sluice the terrace wash above the alluvial flats just below the point where the Bendoc to Bonang road crosses the Delegate River.

The site is listed in the Victorian Heritage Register.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Delegate River Diversion Tunnel, Victorian Heritage Register (VHR) Number H1261, Heritage Overlay HO285". Victorian Heritage Database. Heritage Victoria. Retrieved 2010-09-13.
  2. ↑ "Historic Gold Mining Sites in Gippsland Mining Division, Gazetteer: State & Regional Significant Sites", Victorian Goldfields Project (Department of Natural Resources and Environment), February 1998, archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-03-08
  3. ↑ "Bendoc Historic Loop Drive" (PDF), Forest Notes, FS0091 (Bairnsdale: Department of Sustainability and Environment), July 2008, ISSN 1440-2262, retrieved 2011-09-10

Coordinates: 37°9′46″S 148°47′3″E / 37.16278°S 148.78417°E / -37.16278; 148.78417

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