Lake Margaret

West Coast Council, Australia

The Lake Margaret Dam is a concrete-faced gravity dam across the Yolande River, located on the north side of Mount Sedgwick, in the West Coast Range, West Coast of Tasmania, Australia. Completed in 1918 by the Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company for the purpose of generating hydro-electric power, the impounded reservoir has the eponymous name of Lake Margaret. Water from the reservoir is supplied to the Lake Margaret Power Station, located below the dam wall. Following the closure of the Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company, in 1985 the control of the dam, lake, and power station was transferred to Hydro Tasmania. The Lake Margaret Power Scheme was added to the Tasmanian Heritage Register in c. 2006.

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