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title: "Paddington Reservoir, Sidney — GetMap"
description: "Water once filled these brick garden arches. Water once filled the brick vaults beneath the street, supplying Sydney before the reservoir was retired…"
source: https://getmap.travel/quests/ChIJf7YO2wWuEmsRcFbGzHJFumo
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# Paddington Reservoir

Water once filled these brick garden arches

History · 🇦🇺 Sidney · one place, one stop

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Water once filled the brick vaults beneath the street, supplying Sydney before the reservoir was retired. The chambers were preserved as a sunken garden, with lawns, trees and pools set below the surviving arches and walls.

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