Cataract Dam, Gravity dam in New South Wales, Australia
The Cataract Dam stretches 247 meters in length and rises 56 meters high, featuring a castle-like sandstone structure on its wall and impounding the Cataract River.
Constructed between 1902 and 1907, this structure marked Australia's largest engineering project at the time and ranked as the fourth largest dam worldwide.
The Federation Queen Anne style Manor house includes matching outbuildings and gardens that reflect early 20th-century Australian architectural preferences.
The dam supplies water to Camden, Campbelltown, and Wollondilly council areas through the Macarthur water filtration plant, serving numerous communities in New South Wales.
The construction utilized cyclopean masonry with individual sandstone blocks weighing between 1.8 and 4.1 tonnes, demonstrating early 20th-century engineering methods.
Location: New South Wales
Elevation above the sea: 293 m
GPS coordinates: -34.26556,150.80306
Latest update: May 17, 2025 10:51
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