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Wyangala Dam, New South Wales, 1938 Wyangala Dam construction, November 1966. Commenced in 1928, completed in 1935, and upgraded in 1971, Wyangala Dam is a major reservoir situated below the confluence of the Lachlan and Abercrombie rivers, located approximately 38 km (24 mi) upstream, east of Cowra.
Wyangala / ˈ w aɪ æ ŋ ɡ ɑː l ə / is a small village in the Lachlan Valley, near the junction of the Abercrombie and Lachlan Rivers, just below the Wyangala Dam wall. It is in the South West Slopes of New South Wales, Australia, and about 320 km (200 mi) west of the state capital, Sydney.
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Dams and reservoirs of New South Wales Image Dam name (where appropriate) Reservoir name [1] (where appropriate) Region(s) Waterway(s) impounded [1] Dam type [1] Purpose(s) [1] Reservoir capacity [1] Coordinates [2] ML Gal Gal Avon Dam: Avon Storage Reservoir: Sydney – Macarthur – Illawarra: Avon River: Gravity: Water supply: 214,360 4.715 ...
The Shoalhaven Scheme is a dual-purpose water supply and Pumped-storage Hydroelectricity scheme located on the South Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. The Scheme was built as a joint project between the Electricity Commission of NSW and the NSW Metropolitan Water Sewerage and Drainage Board.
[8]: 268 Cataract Dam was the first dam built in the Upper Nepean Scheme, it was also first dam in Australia to use pre-cast moulded concrete blocks for the upstream face of the dam. [1] The core of the dam consists of large 2-to-4.5-long-ton (2.03 to 4.57 t; 2.24-to-5.04-short-ton) sandstone blocks, quarried onsite and cemented together
Carcoar Dam; Cataract Dam; Centennial Park Reservoir; Chaffey Dam; Chatswood Reservoirs No. 1 and No. 2; Chichester Dam; Clarrie Hall Dam; Cochrane Dam (New South Wales) Copeton Dam; Cordeaux Dam; Crown Street Reservoir
Lake Medlow Dam was the first concrete thin arch, high stress dam built in New South Wales, and is one of the thinnest dams in the world. It is 20 metres (66 ft) high; 38 metres (125 ft) long; and holds 300 megalitres (66 × 10 ^ 6 imp gal; 79 × 10 ^ 6 US gal). [2] Greaves Creek Dam is also a concrete arch dam, it was completed in 1942.