Canning Vale
Active Member
- Joined
- Apr 11, 2017
- Messages
- 1,487
- Reaction score
- 20
CV could you please help locate old abandoned wells in Perth and surrounds? Some may be registered Historical points of interest (PtOi), while others may be located on private property but close to roads and easily seen by passers-by.
............................................
Posts are purely my own opinion unless otherwise stated with source links. All my original text and images remain exclusively my personal copyright.
[emoji317][emoji317][emoji317]
Spooks,
Thanks for the post. It does seem more probable that an undiscovered body may have been placed under the ground. Tomorrow I’ll contact the SRO to seek any historic registers for wells and standpipes, then feedback the information.
Offhand, TROVE newspaper articles, contain historic advertisements of properties ‘for sale’ advertising the ground area, its assets and if it contained a well or if a government standpipe was close-by.
The pioneers’ wells were usually constructed of brick, containing an internal ladder and ledge to keep butter etc. Once the scheme water was connected, the well was usually filled in with unwanted furniture etc. Current day bores are licensed with The Water & Rivers Commission (production bores).
The larger government standpipes interest me because they were easily identified, with a small reservoir above and a shaft below the ground. Situated along a street and shared by the community. Perhaps the local shire was responsible for its removal.
Other infrastructure within the ground would be: disconnected septic tanks, disused water, sewerage and drainage pipework (dead main). When property gets developed, the developers usually leave pipework and septic tanks within the ground.
Are there any forum members who might be able to add any information to this matter?