Near the clock, on a hill overlooking the township, is an old abandoned reservoir which is becoming home to more and more unwanted objects and rubbish.
At a recent Vincent Community Board meeting, member Trevor Breen likened it to a tip.
"People can just back up to it and empty a trailer-load".
Barrie Wills, also a board member, said while it was cleaned up at least once a year by community groups, the fact that people dumped rubbish there in the first place was "disgusting".
This year, a group from Supporting Families in Mental Illness Central Otago cleaned it up.
Group co-ordinator Linda Laycock said despite the pouring rain on cleanup day, it was quite the mission.
"It was really hard to get in there.
"We had to get a ladder to get down there then had to drag the stuff back up to the trailer."
By the end of the day they had managed to clear a trailer-load of rubbish including an old mattress, broken plastic chairs, car batteries and more.
Yesterday she said while they would definitely help the Keep Alexandra Clyde Beautiful group clean it up again, it was disappointing to see rubbish already beginning to accumulate.
It has been about two weeks since the group cleaned it up.
Mr Wills said a "heap" of people used the area, including visitors to the town.
It was "a shame to see it the way it is; it's a historic part of Alexandra."
Central Otago District Council parks officer Geoff King said the reservoir was not the only area to suffer that fate.
He said it seemed most unmaintained reserve areas were subjected to some form of dumping.
In the Pines, there were often rotting hunting carcasses found, for example.
Mr Wills, also a member of Keep Alexandra Clyde Beautiful said the group would continue to facilitate cleanups.
"But why should it fall on the community's shoulders . . . we're like the ambulance at the bottom of the cliff.
"Hopefully with a bit of education things can change."
The reservoir is on Crown land but is leased to John Sanders, of Matangi Station.
Despite almost bankrupting the Alexandra Borough (it cost the equivalent of over $1 million in today's value) it opened in 1903 to supply the town with water.
It was closed in June 1909 when a new supply became available from Butchers Dam.
Mr King said it was not listed as a heritage site in the council's district plan.
