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Blue Rock Dam

The 928th tallest dam in the world

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The Blue Rock Dam is an embankment dam across the Tanjil River, located approximately 30 kilometres (19 mi) north of Moe, in the Central Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia. Completed in 1984, the dam created the Blue Rock Lake, to provide cooling water for the thermal power stations in the Latrobe Valley, and to augment domestic water supplies. The dam is operated by Southern Rural Water.

Dam data from Wikidata (CC0) plus curated additions. Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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