Tunnel Bend diversion tunnel, Howqua River

Coordinates: 37°11′8″S 146°22′26″E / 37.18556°S 146.37389°E / -37.18556; 146.37389
Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

The Tunnel Bend diversion tunnel is located at Tunnel Bend, near Sheepyard Flat, on the

Victoria, Australia
.

The tunnel is approximately 100 metres long. It was built in 1884 (completed on 29 May 1884), during the

waterwheel at the Howqua United gold treatment works below Sheepyard Flat.[1][2]

The site is part of the Howqua Hills Historic Area[2] and is registered in the Victorian Heritage Register.[3]

Howqua River at Tunnel Bend. Photo by Takver

References

  1. ^ "Historic Gold Mining Sites in the North East Region of Victoria, Gazetteer: State & Regional Significant Sites" (PDF), Victorian Goldfields Project, Department of Natural Resources and Environment, July 1999, archived from the original (PDF) on 15 March 2011
  2. ^ a b "Howqua Hills Historic Area Visitors Guide" (PDF), Park Notes, Parks Victoria, May 2008, retrieved 14 December 2017
  3. ^ "Howqua United Gold Treatment Works Victorian Heritage Number (VHR) Number H1279", Victorian Heritage Database, Heritage Victoria, retrieved 13 September 2010

37°11′8″S 146°22′26″E / 37.18556°S 146.37389°E / -37.18556; 146.37389