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Peter Faust Dam

The 928th tallest dam in the world

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The Peter Faust Dam is an earth-filled embankment dam dam across the Proserpine River, located near Proserpine, in the eponymous settlement, in the Whitsunday Region of North Queensland, Australia. The resultant reservoir is called Lake Proserpine. Completed in 1990, the dam was built for the purposes of irrigation, flood mitigation, supply of potable water, and recreation.

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

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