Tunnel Bend diversion tunnel, Howqua River

The Tunnel Bend diversion tunnel is located at Tunnel Bend, near Sheepyard Flat, on the Howqua River, approximately 30 km south-east of Mansfield, Victoria, Australia.

This article is about the Tunnel Bend tunnel on the Howqua River. For the Tunnel Bend tunnel on the Goulburn River, see Tunnel Bend diversion tunnel.

The tunnel is approximately 100 metres long. It was built in 1884 (completed on 29 May 1884), during the Victorian gold rush, as part of the 4 km headrace from the Howqua River to a 63-foot 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", Victorian Goldfields Project, Department of Natural Resources and Environment, July 1999, archived from the original (PDF) on 8 March 2011
  2. "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


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