Large Aus Dams

Gordon Dam

The Gordon Dam is also known as the Gordon River Dam. This is a double curvature arch dam which can be found as the Gordon River of Tasmania, Australia. It is 192 meters long and 140 meters high. This is the tallest dam in all of Tasmania. This is also the fifth tallest dam in all of Australia. The water from this dam drops 600 feet underground towards the power station. There are three turbines in the power station that can generate 144 MW to 432 MW of power. This power is enough to provide for 13% of the electricity needs of Tasmania. The first two turbines of the power station were created back in 1978 while the last turbine was created back in 1988.

Darmouth Dam

The Darmouth Dam is a very big dam situated on the Mitta Mitta River. This river can be found in the north-eastern part of Victoria. This dam, creates an artificial lake called Darmouth. This lake can store water from the High Country Snow fields of Victoria which will be released during the summer on the Mitta Mitta River, the downstream Lake Hume and the greater Murray River which will be used for irrigation. This dam was first constructed back in 1973 and t was finished in 1979. This dam costs $139 million. This dam has an Earth core with a rock filled wall. This dam is 180 meters high. This is the highest dam in Australia. This has a capacity 6.7 times more than Sydney Harbour. It can release up to 10,000 megaliters every day during normal operations. However, the inflow and the outflow of the dam is small considering its size.

Hume Dam

The Hume Dam is managed by the Victorian Authorities and the New South Wales authorities representing the MDBA. Goulburn-Murray Water is the one that manages the water and the land location in the state of Victoria. The State Water is the one handling the day to day operations and the maintenance along with the management of the prime remedial works concerning dams.

The Scotts Peak Dam

The Scotts Peak Dam is part of the important dams during the flooding of the original Lake Pedder which is in South West Tasmania, Australia. This dam is 43 meters high and 1,067 meters long. This stretches along the upper parts of the Huon River. This dam was created back in 1973. This is a non-hydroelectric dam that helps in retaining the water in the new impoundment. This new impoundment flows towards the Lake Gordon through the McPartlans Pass Canal. This is promoted as a Heritage Dam along with 24 more other dams. This was promoted as a Heritage Dam back in 2001 by Engineers Australia.