MAYLANDS HISTORICAL AND PENINSULA ASSOCIATION

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The Mephan Ferguson pipe foundry on Caledonian Avenue manufactured and supplied some of the pipes for the Goldfields Pipeline Scheme devised by C Y O’Connor. That 560 kilometre pipeline supplying water from the coastal range to the Kalgoorlie region was constructed in five years, opened in 1903 and is regarded as a masterpiece of engineering.Many of the streets near the foundry site have names associated with the foundry and its owner.  The area around the foundry was originally known as Falkirk, after the place in Scotland where Mephan Ferguson was born.See our Mephan Ferguson pipe foundry Flickr Album for digitised images and other digitised information.

Maylands Historical and Peninsula Association acknowledges the Whadjuk people of the Noongar nation as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work, live, and learn. We acknowledge that we tell the stories of Noongar Country and we pay our respects to Elders past and present. This always was, and always will be, Aboriginal land.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples should be aware that this website may contain images or names of people who have passed away.