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For nearly 100 years the aqueduct that winds
around the hills above Research township
supplied water to Melbourne from the Watts
River near Healesville and later the Maroondah
Reservoir.
It was commissioned in 1891 and was replaced
by large pipes in the 1980s. The unused channel
remains largely intact and the access track is
now a walking and cycling path.
The featured flower on this panel is the Caladenia
cucullata or the musky or hooded caladenia orchid;
which is a member of the spider orchid family.
Aqueduct
at ResearchWITH HOODED
CALADENIA ORCHID
PHOTOGRAPHS
Research Aqueduct,
Circa early 1900s
Shire of Eltham Pioneers
Photograph collectionYarra
Plenty Regional Library Service
in partnership with the Eltham
District Historical Society
Hooded Caladenia Orchid
Photographer Jacinda Brown
INFORMATION
The Research Aqueduct
accessed at
sites/Research-Aqueduct