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North Pine Dam

The 928th tallest dam in the world

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The North Pine Dam is a mass concrete gravity dam with earth-fill embankments on abutments across the North Pine River, located in south-east Queensland, Australia. The main purpose of the dam is for supply of potable water for the City of Moreton Bay and Brisbane's northern suburbs. The impounded reservoir is called Lake Samsonvale.

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

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