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Turncock House - SA

Turncock House

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Position

DEG: -34.301338 138.8573

DMS: 34º 18' 4.82" S 138º 51' 26.28" E

UTM: 54 H 6202353mN 302811mE

Altitude: 325m

Address & Contact

19 Taylors Run Rd
Kapunda SA 5373

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Information

The Turncock House is often mistakenly referred to as the ‘Pump House’. Water was not pumped from the reservoir – it flowed by gravitational force into the town.

This building was constructed to house the Turncock – a large faucet or tap used to regulate the flow of water. It was operated by the Waterworks Manager who resided in the nearby house on the opposite side of Taylor’s Run Road at the northern end of the reservoir wall

The Pines Committee is keen to retrieve and restore the turncock and information as to its current whereabouts would be greatly appreciated and rewarded.

The brick tunnel was built from the Water Tower to the Turncock House so that maintenance could be carried out on the water pipe without having to empty water out of the Reservoir.

PlaceID	149525

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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Nuriootpa at 02/03:00am CST

Distance from Turncock House 23.71km SE

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
6.5°C	3.8°C	77%	2.8°C	1031.0hPa	0.0mm	ENE	6km/hr 3knots	7km/hr 4knots

Closest Climatic Station

Nuriootpa Viticultural

Distance from Turncock House 23.71km SE

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	30.0	29.5	25.7	21.9	17.4	14.0	13.4	14.8	17.8	20.7	25.2	27.1
Mean Min. °C	14.5	14.6	11.7	8.9	6.7	5.1	4.5	5.0	6.8	8.1	11.0	12.4
Mean Rain mm	15.4	23.4	30.1	33.5	47.8	54.1	52.5	54.6	58.5	38.5	33.3	36.8