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Lake Manchester Dam

The 928th tallest dam in the world

m

The Lake Manchester Dam, also known as the Cabbage Tree Creek Dam, is a concrete gravity dam across Cabbage Tree Creek, in the eponymous settlement of Lake Manchester, in the City of Brisbane, in south-east Queensland, Australia. The main purpose of the dam is for potable water supply of Brisbane. The impounded reservoir is called Lake Manchester.

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

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