Karuah Water Supply - Karuah, NSW
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Grahame Cookie
S 32° 39.248 E 151° 58.048
56H E 403168 N 6386584
On a 'pebble-crete' covered angled wall beside the water bubbler, is a plaque for the commencement of the Water Supply to Karuah, on the north coast of NSW.
Waymark Code: WMXG3W
Location: New South Wales, Australia
Date Posted: 01/08/2018
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Tuena
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The cast bronze plaque reads:
The Hunter District Board
This plaque Commemorates the Turning on of
the Karuah Water Supply on 15th December, 1973, by
The hon. L.A. Punch. M.L.A.,
Minister for Public Works.
Members of the Board
President	: A.J. Rees, A.A.S.A., A.C.I.S.
Vice President	: R.C. Pentelow, A.A.S.A.
		Prof. A.I. Carmichael, B.E., PhD (NSW), A.S.T.C. 
F.I.E. Aust., F.I.Mech. E. (Lond.), M.A.S.C.E., M.S.E.S.A.
Ald. N.T. Blake, J.P.
Cr. A.S. Pickering, J.P.
Ald. E.J. Trunk, J.P.
Secretary: E.G. Bannister, A.A.S.A.
Colonel Frank Cox, O.B.E., E.D.
L. Gibbs, B.E.M., F.A.I.M., J.P.
Chief Engineer: M.A. Hindley, B.E., D.Sc., F.I.E. Aust., 
M.I.C.E. (Lond.), M.G.S. Aust.
Visited: 0723, Friday, 11 November, 2016
Age/Event Date: 1973

Type of Historic Marker: Plaque only

Type of Historic Marker if other: Plaque with functioning water bubbler

Historic Resources.:
Hunter Water Board


Related Website: Not listed

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