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German[de]
Am 16. Juli 1896 schlug John Forrest dem westaustralischen Parlament vor, ihn zu autorisieren für 2,5 Millionen Pfund eine Pipeline zu bauen, die 23.000 m3 Wasser täglich in die Goldfelder vom Staudamm am Helena River nahe Mundaring bei Perth über acht Pumpstationen 530 km weit in einer 760 mm Durchmesser umfassenden Röhren bis ins Mount Charlotte Reservoir in Kalgoorlie pumpt.
English[en]
On 16 July 1896, John Forrest introduced to Western Australian Parliament a bill to authorise the raising of a loan of £2.5 million to construct the scheme: the pipeline would pump 5 million imperial gallons (23,000 m3) of water per day to the Goldfields from a dam on the Helena River near Mundaring Weir in Perth, pumped in eight successive stages through 330 miles of 30-inch-diameter (760 mm) pipe to the Mount Charlotte Reservoir in Kalgoorlie.