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Dights falls
this is a timeline on Dights Falls -
November 1803
Charles Grimes was the first European to explore the Yarra River. -
November 1835
Melbourne was settled and sub-divided -
November 1840
John Dight left to go to Port Phillip Bay -
November 1841
The first steam-powered mill was created. This was revolutionary at the time. -
November 1860
They created a rough construction of a weir -
November 1864
The dight family gave up on flour milling -
November 1878
The property was sold to Edwin Trenary. -
November 1888
A brand new mill was constructed in place of the old one -
November 1891
The enterprise was sold again -
November 1895
A wooden structure that acted as a flour mill shed to supply the town with the flour it needed -
November 10 1909
The new mill was destroyed due to fires -
November 10 1918
The reconstruction of the damage began -
November 1940
A new weir was created out of 1.5 tones of rock. This weir was built to last longer. -
November 1967
Another break in the weir occurred due to heavy rainfall -
November 1968
The origanal wooden timber piles were to be re-capped with cement and concrete to ensure they would last longer. -
November 1993
They created a fishway built of rocks. A fishway is like a fish ladder. It allows the fish to bypass physical barriers like a weir. -
November, 2012
A new fishway was reconstructed to be safer for the native fish which live there. It was made encourage biodiversity in the rivers and help the native fish survive.