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Series VPRS
11570
Plans of Drainage (House Connections), Single-Number System
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Date Range:
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By 1900 - ? 1975
Series in Custody
1902 - 1975
Contents
1902 - 1975
Public Access:
Open
Location:
North Melbourne
Format of Records:
Physical
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1900 - 1974
Melbourne Water Corporation [known as Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works to 1992]
VA 1007
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1995 - cont
Yarra Valley Water Limited
VA 4106
Description of this Series
Description of this Series
How to use the Records
As there is no register of properties in Public Record Office custody, Yarra Valley Water must be contacted (ph: 9874 2122) to acquire the property service number. When the property service number is obtained, scan the record description list to locate unit that contains the relevant item number.
Researchers please note:
In both the P0001 and the P0002 consignments the records have been range listed at unit level, the details of the first and last file in the box is recorded. Therefore the whole box needs to be ordered by researchers. However a small number of items in each unit have also been individually described and may be ordered.
Function / Content
This series was created by the Melbourne Metropolitan Board of Works (M.M.B.W) VA 1007 and only includes plans that were transferred from the MMBW to Yarra Valley Water VA 4106 in 1995 when responsibility for water supply in the Yarra River catchment area was transferred from MMBW to Yarra Valley Water.
All of the survey and plan records relate to the survey of Melbourne metropolitan areas subsequent to subdivision (for which, see records of Crown lands for survey, subdivision and sale/alienation). The function of the plans is to document the administration of water supply, drainage, and sewerage responsibilities.
Plans of Drainage (House Connections) identify drainage systems and pipe installation for stormwater run-off. Plumbers use the plans for maintenance. Numbers were allocated when the property was built and every private property within the region covered by Yarra Valley Water has a unique property service number. The region stretches north and east of metropolitan Melbourne through the Yarra River basin.
Recordkeeping System
A scale of 40'=1 inch has been used. The plans are arranged in property number order, running in sequence along streets. The M.M.B.W. issued the registration of properties. Upon the rationalisation of the Water Industry, plans were despatched to the various metropolitan water authorities created by the Water Industry Act 1994. These were, Parks and Waterways, Melbourne Water, Yarra Valley Water (ACN 066 902 501), South East Water and City West Water. The drawing of these boundaries determined that Plans of Drainage (House Connections) could be split up and transferred to the separate retail companies.
The plans have been imaged as GIF (Graphic Interchange Format) files to a database and electronic versions must be referred to for any intended plumbing work or renovation.
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P0001
1902 - 1975
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P0002
1902 - 1975
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