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State heritage listing for Innisfail Water Tower
The Innisfail Water Tower has been entered in the Queensland Heritage Register
Queensland Heritage Council Chair David Eades said the tower, constructed in 1933-1934, demonstrated the expansion of north Queensland sugar towns during the 1920s and 1930s.
"The Innisfail Water Tower was an important part of the Queensland government's water supply program for regional towns," Mr Eades said.
"Prior to its construction, the community relied on tank water and water vendors, and despite being one of the wettest towns in Australia in terms of rainfall, there were water shortages during the dry months.
"It's difficult in today's world of ‘turn the handle' water supply to understand the life-changing influence that treated, reticulated town water had on the lifestyle, health and recreation time of residents of this era."
The tower was funded by the Queensland Lands Department under the unemployment relief scheme that operated during the 1930s depression era.
"Civic projects – including water supply schemes, shire and town halls, offices and chambers, community swimming pools, roads, bridges, and street and park beautification schemes – were undertaken throughout Queensland at this period as a result of the scheme," he said.
"The tower is a good and intact example of a 1930s reinforced concrete water tower, one of 15 constructed during that period, and its stylistic influences strongly reflect the art deco character of a number of other buildings in Innisfail.
"The Cassowary Coast Regional Council should be commended for the good work they are doing in looking after this much-loved local structure which has important heritage values."
"The Innisfail Water Tower is one of the first structures of this type to incorporate both a central tower and columns and at the time the dome top on the water tank was one of the largest in Queensland," he said.
Located on the top of a hill in Mourilyan Road on the east side of the Johnstone River, the water tower is a prominent feature on the skyline.
"The Innisfail Water Tower is visible from all parts of the town making it an important landmark, and spectacular regional views can still be seen from its lookout," he said.
The Innisfail Water Tower was identified as part of the statewide heritage survey, being carried out by the Department of Environment and Resource Management's Heritage Branch.
The Queensland Heritage Council is the state's independent peak body and advisor on heritage matters and determines what places are entered in the Queensland Heritage Register.
Places that are entered in the Heritage Register are considered of importance to Queensland's history and are protected under heritage legislation.