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Leslie Harrison Dam

The 928th tallest dam in the world

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The Leslie Harrison Dam is an earth-fill embankment dam across the Tingalpa Creek, in the South East region of Queensland, Australia. The main purpose of the dam is for potable water supply of the Redland City in Brisbane. The impounded reservoir is called Tingalpa Reservoir. The dam was named after Robert Leslie Harrison, a Queensland parliamentarian who died in April 1966.

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

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