Cunningham weir
General Information
| Structural Type: |
Timber crib dam
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| Function / usage: |
Irrigation & industrial water dam
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| Other name(s): | Beebo weir |
| Built: | 1953 - 1954 |
Geographic Information & Related Structures
| Location: |
Texas, Queensland, Australia, Australia and Oceania |
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Technical Information
Dimensions
| height | 4 m | |
| length | 58.5 m |
Materials
| embankment |
clay
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| piles |
timber
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| crib |
timber
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| crib fill |
loose rocks
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Chronology
| 1956 | Major flood overtopping |
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Notes
Anabranch weir section: 41 m long.
In 1956 the weir was overtopped by 8 m without major damage. The weir is still in use today.
Relevant Web Sites
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Dr. Hubert Chanson's Gallery of Photographs
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Dr. Hubert Chanson: Current expertise and experience on stepped chute flows
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Dr. Hubert Chanson: Timber Crib Weirs in Queensland, Australia
Relevant Publications
- The Hydraulics of Open Channel Flows, Edward Arnold, London (United Kingdom), ISBN 0340740671, 1999
- Timber Crib Weirs in Queensland, Australia, in "Royal Historical Society of Queensland Journal", 2000
- Utilisation of Stepped Channels and Study of Stepped Channel Flows in Australia, presented at Hydraulic Characteristics of Stepped Channel Flows, Workshop on Flow Characteristics around Hydraulic Structures and River Environment, Nihon University, Tokyo, Japan, 11/1998.
- Hydraulic Design of Stepped Cascades, Channels, Weirs and Spillways, Pergamon, Oxford (United Kingdom), ISBN 0080419186, 1995
Internal Information
| Structure-ID: | s0000863 |
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| Created: | 14/08/2000 |
| Last Updated: | 05/03/2013 |