General Information
Project Type
| Structure: |
Embankment dam |
|---|---|
| Function / usage: |
Fresh water dam |
Location
| Location: |
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
|---|---|
| Coordinates: | 27° 27' 40.68" S 152° 52' 54.41" E |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| height | 26 m | |
| length | 187 m | |
| reservoir capacity | 1 800 000 m³ | |
| catchment area | 10.48 km² | |
| spillway capacity | 1890: 200 m³/s 2000: 278 m³/s |
Materials
| embankment |
unworked clay
|
|---|---|
| core wall |
clay
|
| spillway |
un-reinforced concrete
|
Chronology
| 1885 | Dam completion |
|---|---|
| 1890 | Construction of un-reinforced concrete stepped spillway |
| 1904 | Drainage, failure of cast-iron outlet tower |
| 1975 | Spillway crest lowered. |
| 1998 | Spillway crest lowered. |
Notes
The dam is still in use today and almost intact. The concrete spillway, 1890, was built in un-reinforced concrete. It is the world's first concrete stepped spillway and the ancestor of modern roller compacted concrete (RCC) stepped spillways.
The present spillway capacity is limited by the inadequate chute sidewall height. Although the crest is supposed to pass 650 m³/s, the spillway sidewall would be overtopped for flows above 278 m³/s, leading to damage and scour at the dam toe.
Participants
Owner
Engineering
- Alexander Stewart (engineer)
Resident engineering
- John Henderson (resident engineer)
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- : Gold Creek Dam and ist Unusual Wast Waterway (1890-1997). Design, Operation, Maintenance. In: Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering / Revue canadienne de génie civil, v. 25, n. 4, pp. 755-768.
- (1996): Investigation of the Gold Creek Dam Spillway, Australia. University of Queensland, Australia, pp. 60.
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20000862 - Published on:
14/08/2000 - Last updated on:
23/10/2017
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