oldest drains in vic

pregnant possum · 03 Feb 2024, 9:26 pm

I'm looking to explore some of the older drains in melbourne, but I don't know which ones are older then others. if anyone can give me some of the names of the oldest they know of that'd be great

ironfistdoug · 04 Feb 2024, 5:04 pm

Non concrete inner city drains & Ballarat.

Scrutinizer · 04 Feb 2024, 6:45 pm

The creek that ran up Elizabeth street was turned into a drain in 1884, so city drain would probably have to be one of the oldest, if not the oldest. Hard to access though, most likely you'll have to go in on a boat in the middle of the night so that less people have a chance of seeing you.

ironfistdoug · 04 Feb 2024, 9:41 pm

Scrutinizer wrote: ↑
04 Feb 2024, 6:45 pm
The creek that ran up Elizabeth street was turned into a drain in 1884, so city drain would probably have to be one of the oldest, if not the oldest. Hard to access though, most likely you'll have to go in on a boat in the middle of the night so that less people have a chance of seeing you.

I have an article in one of my scrap books where they gave it a 100 year service.