Bendora Dam

Bendora Dam

The Bendora Dam is a thin-wall, double curvature concrete dam, completed in 1961 on the Cotter River in the Australian Capital Territory to supply water to Canberra, via the Bendora Gravity Main. It was the first dam of its type built in Australia. It is 47.2 metres high.

References

* "Canberra's Engineering Heritage", W.C. Andrews (ed), 2nd Ed, 1990, Institution of Engineers, Canberra ISBN 0-85825-189-2.


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