Centennial Park Reservoir

The Centennial Park Reservoir spans beneath Oxford Street with brick walls and a vaulted arch roof covered by earth fill and grass.

Constructed between 1896 and 1898 by the NSW Public Works Department, this structure became Australia's largest covered water storage facility of its time.

The reservoir land holds connections to the Gadi people, who managed the territory across the Sydney peninsula before European settlement began.

The reservoir maintains water supply infrastructure for Sydney's eastern suburbs, featuring robust engineering with gravity-retaining walls and sloping rubble support.

A cast-iron fence manufactured by Darlington Iron Works encircles the reservoir, creating a distinctive boundary visible at ground level.

Location: New South Wales

GPS coordinates: -33.89130,151.23860

Latest update: March 3, 2025 08:12