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FOSTERVILLE MAIN WATER RACE
Other NameSite 9 - Water Race LocationHUNTLY-FOSTERVILLE ROAD FOSTERVILLE, GREATER BENDIGO CITY LevelHeritage Inventory Site |
Statement of Significance
What is significant?
The mapped extent is an undisturbed representative sample of the Main Water Race within the Fosterville mining lease. The water race is approximately 1m wide, with a depth of 20-30cm and is 336m in length. The site includes some bluestone and handmade brick elements.
The race was likely constructed in 1895, and originally connected Fosterville with the Bendigo Goldfields. The establishment of the water race resolved water supply issues in Fosterville with at least eleven batteries operating by 1897. By this time there were at least 300 residents in Fosterville. The batteries crushed ore for multiple mines including Thomas United, Stewarts Extended, Fosterville and Daley and Watsons.
The race was likely constructed in 1895, and originally connected Fosterville with the Bendigo Goldfields. The establishment of the water race resolved water supply issues in Fosterville with at least eleven batteries operating by 1897. By this time there were at least 300 residents in Fosterville. The batteries crushed ore for multiple mines including Thomas United, Stewarts Extended, Fosterville and Daley and Watsons.
How is it significant?
The water race site is of local historical significance.
Why is it significant?
It is historically significant for its association with the development of the Fosterville goldfield. The site provides information about water management in the Fosterville goldfield in the late nineteenth century.
Group
Mining and Mineral Processing
Category
Water Race