Ghouli, Western Australia

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The State heritage listed No. 6 Steam Pumping Station in 2011

Ghouli, Western Australia (also spelled Ghooli) was the location of Number 6 Pumping station [1] on the Goldfields Water Supply Scheme, [2] and is the location of the current pumping station number 14 on the pipeline.

It was also located on the Eastern Goldfields Railway, not far from Southern Cross. [3] [4] [ self-published source ]

It was located between number 5 pumping station located at Yerbillon, and number 7 at Gilgai.

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References

  1. "COOLGARDIE WATER SCHEME". Daily News . Vol. XXI, no. 8, 480. Western Australia. 25 October 1902. p. 2. Retrieved 12 October 2016 via National Library of Australia.
  2. No.6 Pumping Station, C.W.S, 1900, retrieved 12 October 2016
  3. "RAILWAY ITEMS". Westralian Worker . Vol. 5, no. 5. Western Australia. 7 October 1904. p. 6. Retrieved 12 October 2016 via National Library of Australia.
  4. Bennett, Don (2012), Growing up in Ghooli, Xlibris corporation, ISBN   978-1-4653-8256-6