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Chinese Crossing, Yerong Creek

The 928th tallest dam in the world

m

Chinese Crossing, on Noskes Lane, near Yerong Creek, New South Wales, is a stone dam and causeway built in the 1880s by Chinese migrants. It was heritage listed by the Lockhart Shire Council in September 1995.

Dam data from Wikidata (CC0) plus curated additions. Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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  1. Rogun Dam · Tajikistan335 m
  2. Shuangjiangkou Dam · China312 m
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  4. Grande Dixence dam · Switzerland285 m
  5. Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam · Russia245 m
  6. Oroville Dam · United States234.7 m
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