Scotts Peak Dam
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The Scotts Peak Dam was one of the three component dams in the flooding of the original Lake Pedder
in South West Tasmania
, Australia
. Completed in 1973, the dam is 43 m (141 ft) high, 1067 m (3,501 ft) long, spanning across the upper reaches of the Huon River
.
This non-hydroelectric dam helps retain water in the new impoundment, which then flows to Lake Gordon
via the McPartlans Pass Canal at 42°50′51"S 146°11′45"E. It was promoted along with twenty-four other dams as Heritage Dams by Engineers Australia
in 2001.
Lake Pedder
Lake Pedder was once a natural lake, located in the southwest of Tasmania, Australia but the name is now used in an official sense to refer to the much larger artificial impoundment and diversion lake formed when the original lake was expanded by damming in 1972 by the Hydro Electric Commission of...
in South West Tasmania
South West Tasmania
South West Tasmania is a region in Tasmania that has evolved over the fifty years between its consideration as a potential resource for development to its consideration as World Heritage wilderness...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. Completed in 1973, the dam is 43 m (141 ft) high, 1067 m (3,501 ft) long, spanning across the upper reaches of the Huon River
Huon River
The Huon River is the fourth largest river in Tasmania, Australia. It is 170 km in length, and runs through the fertile Huon Valley. From Scotts Peak Dam at Lake Pedder where it begins, it flows south-east to the Tahune Airwalk, where the Picton River joins, before heading through the rural...
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This non-hydroelectric dam helps retain water in the new impoundment, which then flows to Lake Gordon
Lake Gordon
Lake Gordon is a reservoir created by the Gordon Dam on the upper reaches of the Gordon River in south-west Tasmania, Australia. The reservoir was formed in the early 1970s as a result of the dam construction by the HEC...
via the McPartlans Pass Canal at 42°50′51"S 146°11′45"E. It was promoted along with twenty-four other dams as Heritage Dams by Engineers Australia
Engineers Australia
The Institution of Engineers Australia, often shortened to IEAust and trading as Engineers Australia, is a professional body and not-for-profit organisation dedicated to being the national forum for the advancement of the engineering field within Australia...
in 2001.