Dingo Creek Tank

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Type : Tank
Line : North Coast Line
Distance from Sydney : 364.098km
Opened : 1921
Closed : 5th December 1956
Status : Closed
Name meaning : After the nearby creek
Notes: Footings still exist. The tank had a 203mm bore jib and water was pumped from the nearby Dingo Creek by a 7.46kW oil pump which operated at 45 RPM. The pump was installed in a 2.895 metre diameter well which was 7.9 metres deep in the bank of the creek.

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626+726 with a NSWRTM tour between Gloucester and Taree, possibly Dingo Creek, 26th June 1993 (Chris Stratton)

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Approximate location of Dingo Creek Tank

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Dingo Creek water tank and 203mm bore jib, in use from 1921 to 5.12.1956.
The water was pumped from Dingo Creek by a 7.46kW oil engine, running at 225
rpm, coupled by gears to the Gould triplex deep well pump which operated at 45
rpm. The pump was installed in a 2.895m diameter well 7 .9m deep in the bank of
the creek.

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Dingo Creek (State Archives)

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A view from NT-26, Up "Grafton XPT" as it drops down the 1 in 83 grade towards Dingo creek truss bridge, between Wingham and Killawarra.  Saturday, 21-6-2003. (Graeme Kirkby)