Eucumbene Dam
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Eucumbene Dam is a major gated earthfill embankment dam with an overflow ski-jump and bucket spillway with two vertical lift gates across the Eucumbene River in the Snowy Mountains of New South Wales, Australia. The dam's main purpose is for the generation of hydro-power and is one of the sixteen major dams that comprise the Snowy Mountains Scheme, a vast hydroelectricity and irrigation complex constructed in south-east Australia between 1949 and 1974 and now run by Snowy Hydro. ()
Opened: May 1958 (66 years ago)Length: 1900 ftHeight: 381 ftReservoir area: 56.15 mi²Reservoir depth: 351 ftCoordinates: 36°7'42"S, 148°36'58"E