General Information
Project Type
| Structure: |
Timber crib dam |
|---|---|
| Function / usage: |
Irrigation & industrial water dam |
| Material: |
Timber dam |
Location
| Location: |
Texas, Queensland, Australia |
|---|---|
| Coordinates: | 28° 44' 11.91" S 150° 57' 42.01" E |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| height | 4 m | |
| length | 58.5 m |
Materials
| embankment |
clay
|
|---|---|
| piles |
timber
|
| crib |
timber
|
| crib fill |
loose rocks
|
Chronology
| 1956 | Major flood overtopping |
|---|
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.
Participants
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (1995): Hydraulic Design of Stepped Cascades, Channels, Weirs and Spillways. Pergamon, Oxford (United Kingdom), pp. 292.
- (1999): The Hydraulics of Open Channel Flows. An Introduction. Edward Arnold, London (United Kingdom), pp. 512.
- (2000): Timber Crib Weirs in Queensland, Australia. Some Heritage with a Solid Operational Record. In: Royal Historical Society of Queensland Journal ( 2000).
- (1998): 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, pp. 21.
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20000863 - Published on:
14/08/2000 - Last updated on:
18/01/2019
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