Wilmot Dam

The Wilmot Dam is a concrete-faced rock-fill embankment dam across the Wilmot River, located near , in northern , Australia. Completed in 1970, the resultant , Lake Gairdner, was established for the purpose of generation of hydroelectricity via the adjacent Wilmot Power Station, a run-of-the-river hydroelectric power station.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Power station
  • Description: power station in North-western Tasmania
  • Also known as: “Wilmot Power Station”

Places of Interest Nearby

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Power station
Photo: Stephen Edmonds, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a concrete-faced rockfill embankment dam across the Forth River, located near in northern , Australia. Completed in 1971, the resultant , , was established for the purpose of generating hydro-electric power via the Cethana Power Station, a run-of-the-river hydroelectric power station. is situated 1 km east of Wilmot Dam.

Wilmot Dam

Latitude
-41.48331° or 41° 28′ 60″ south
Longitude
146.12501° or 146° 7′ 30″ east
Operator
Hydro Tasmania
Open location code
4RC8G48G+M2
Open­Street­Map ID
way 435725671
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­industrial
Wiki­data ID
Q8022839
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