Sketch Club went to Paddington Reservoir on Saturday. This is a wonderful public place and one that I am ashamed to say, knew nothing about.
This was a water reservoir which took water from the Botany Swamps pumping station to supply parts of Sydney in 1866 to 1899.
The reservoir was built of brick and columns made of Australian hardwood . The columns supported cast iron beams and these supported the roof.
In 1877 another chamber was added and this increased the storage of the facility. It is surprising that a little over twenty years later the reservoir was emptied and no longer used for it's original purpose. For the next hundred years the site was used for storage of cars!
The site was redeveloped and in 2008 the facility reopen as a sunken garden and is a public space.
This is a place that I'd like to return to for more sketching or just to enjoy the space.
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