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Dam Attractions In Tasmania

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Tasmania is an island state of Australia. It is located 240 km to the south of the Australian mainland, separated by the Bass Strait. The state encompasses the main island of Tasmania, the 26th-largest island in the world, and the surrounding 334 islands. The state has a population of around 526,700 as of March 2018. Just over forty percent of the population resides in the Greater Hobart precinct, which forms the metropolitan area of the state capital and largest city, Hobart.Tasmania's area is 68,401 km2 , of which the main island covers 64,519 km2 . It is promoted as a natural state, and protected areas of Tasmania cover about 42% of its land area, w...
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Dam Attractions In Tasmania

  • 1. Trevallyn Dam Launceston
    The Trevallyn Dam is a dam on the South Esk River in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia and is used to provide water for hydroelectricity. The dam was completed in 1955 as part of the Trevallyn Hydro Electric Scheme and now holds the waters of Lake Trevallyn.
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  • 2. Gordon Dam Strathgordon
    The Gordon River Road, sometimes called the Strathgordon Road, , is a road in the south western region of Tasmania, Australia. The 85-kilometre road was built by the Hydro-Electric Commission of Tasmania with funding from the Australian Government to service the construction of the Gordon and the Serpentine dams, leading to the flooding of Lake Pedder. In 1963 the Tasmanian Government successfully approached the Commonwealth for a $5 million grant to finance road construction from Maydena to the Middle Gordon River. In a submission never released to the public, the Hydro-Electric Commission described the provision of road access as a matter of urgency Construction of the road commenced in January 1964.
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  • 4. Serpentine Dam Strathgordon
    Lake Pedder, once a glacial outwash lake, is a man-made impoundment and diversion lake located in the southwest of Tasmania, Australia. In addition to its natural catchment from the Frankland Range, the lake is formed by the 1972 damming of the Serpentine and Huon rivers by the Hydro Electric Commission of Tasmania for the purposes of hydroelectric power generation. As a result, the flooded Lake Pedder now has a surface area of approximately 242 square kilometres , making it Tasmania's second largest lake.
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  • 5. Devils Gate Dam Barrington Tasmania
    The Devils Gate Power Station is a conventional hydroelectric power station located in north-western Tasmania, Australia.
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