the dam

Type: Rolled Fill earth Dam
Capacity: 194,500,000 Cubic Metres
Date Commenced: November 1957
Date Completed: October 1961
Length at Top of Bank: 424m
Width at Top of Bank: 11m
Width at Base of Bank: 350m
Height: Stream Bed to top of Bank 52m
Top Water Level: 216.98m A.H.D.
Area of Water Basin: 1280Ha
Area of Catchment: 664Km
Quantity of Fill, Bank: 1,450,000 Cubic Metre