Gordon Dam Construction
It is the highest arch dam and lake gordon is the largest storage in australia 124 million ml.
Gordon dam construction. The use of double curvature enabled the dams concrete volume to be reduced to 15400m3. National engineering landmark gordon dam this 140m high concrete arch dam was completed in 1974. Gordon river dam was completed back in 1974 and is the tallest dam in tasmania.
Video from base of gordon dam. The gordon dam wall constructed with 154 thousand cubic metres 54 10 6 cu ft of concrete is 198 metres 650 ft long and 140 metres 460 ft high making it the tallest dam in tasmania and the fifth tallest in australia. Gordon dam australia located in southwest tasmania in australia gordon dam is a double curvature concrete arch dam.
For the love of physics walter lewin may 16 2011 duration. At the time of its completion in 2006 it was the largest dam structure in the world. Three gorges dam dam on the yangtze river chang jiang just west of the city of yichang in hubei province china.
Lectures by walter lewin. The completed gordon dam was the only dam built on the gordon river despite the support of tasmanian politicians such as eric reece robin gray and others to build the franklin dam further downstream. The construction of gordon dam resulted in some flooding of the connected lake pedder as planned.
Lake pedder strathgordon gordon power station gordon dam trip march 2015.