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The Eildon Dam is a rock and earth-fill embankment dam with a controlled spillway, located on the Goulburn River between the regional towns of Mansfield and Eildon within Lake Eildon National Park, in the Alpine region of Victoria, Australia. The dam's purpose is for the supply of potable water, irrigation, and the generation of hydroelectricity.
The Lake Eildon National Park is a national park in the Central Highlands region of Victoria, Australia. The 27,750-hectare (68,600-acre) national park is set in the northern foothills of the Central Highlands, approximately 111 kilometres (69 mi) northeast of Melbourne and abuts the shores of Lake Eildon .
The original Sugarloaf Dam could only hold around 10% of the capacity of the current dam, and so construction of the Eildon Dam commenced in 1951 and was completed by 1956 to increase the size and capacity of the lake. The Sugarloaf Reservoir Dam Wall sits about 100 metres behind the current dam wall, and is visible when the water level drops ...
Eildon Dam; Eildon Weir; Eklutna Dam; El Granero Dam; Emborcação Dam; Eng Sérgio Motta Dam; Engineer Souza Dias Dam; Eucumbene Dam; Ewen Maddock Dam; F. Fairbairn Dam;
The Eildon Pondage Power Station is a hydroelectric power station on the Eildon Pondage at Lake Eildon, Victoria, Australia. Eildon Pondage has one turbo generator, with a total generating capacity of 4.5 megawatts (6,000 hp) of electricity. It is owned and operated by Pacific Blue, and the electricity produced is sold to electricity retailer ...
The former Sugarloaf Power Station and dam at Sugarloaf Reservoir (same location as present-day Lake Eildon) The Sugarloaf Hydroelectric Power Station is a now decommissioned mini hydroelectric power station, opened 20 March 1929 by the Premier Sir William McPherson. [1]
Eildon is a committee area of the Scottish Borders Council, and a hamlet within that area. Eildon may also refer to these places: Eildon, Victoria, a township in Australia Lake Eildon, formed by Eildon Dam near the town; Electoral district of Eildon, electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly; Eildon Hill, in the Scottish Borders
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