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The dam is located approximately 115 kilometres (71 mi) northwest of Brisbane in the Somerset Region and 80 kilometres (50 mi) north of Ipswich. The concrete dam structure is 50 metres (160 ft) high and 305 metres (1,001 ft) long.
Somerset Dam is a rural town and locality in the Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] When first being planned, it was unofficially known as the Stanley River township . In the 2021 census , the locality of Somerset Dam had a population of 78 people.
The Somerset Dam Power Station is a hydro power station at Somerset, South East Queensland, Australia. The plant is part of the Somerset Dam . It has a generating capacity of 4.1 megawatts. [ 1 ]
Somerset Dam was constructed between 1935 and 1959 with suspension of construction during the Second World War. The dam is situated on the Stanley River approximately 220 kilometres (140 mi) upstream from the mouth of the Brisbane River. Construction of the Somerset Dam created many jobs, one of the project's intentions as it commence during ...
Tasmania's Gordon Dam, one of the largest in Australia, was constructed in the 1970s. It has a catchment area of 1,280 km2 (494 sq mi). It has a catchment area of 1,280 km2 (494 sq mi). Dams and reservoirs in Australia is a link page for any dam or reservoir in Australia.
The primary economic activity in the Somerset region is agricultural production (A$ 120.8 million in 2006). [39] The region is also the location of two major water storage dams – Wivenhoe and Somerset. The Wivenhoe Power Station, is a 500-megawatt, pumped storage hydroelectric plant located on the eastern side of Wivenhoe Dam. [40]
Formed by runoff from the Jimna, Conondale, Bellthorpe and D'Aguilar ranges, [3] the river rises west of Landsborough in the hinterland surrounding the Sunshine Coast and flows generally southwest, joined by eighteen minor tributaries before being impounded by the Somerset Dam built 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) upstream from its confluence with the Brisbane River.
Lake Somerset occupies the east of the locality. Lake Somerset is the reservoir created by the Somerset Dam impounding the Stanley River. [3] [4] The western part of the locality is elevated and remains mostly vegetated. The strip of land between the lake and the mountains is mostly rural-residential. [3]