Centenary of Beetaloo DamPrint Page

The plaque commemorates the centenary of the completion of the Beetaloo Dam in 1890. 

The Beetaloo Reservoir no longer supplies drinking water and is kept as a reserve for a major outage on the Morgan-Whyalla pipeline and as a recreation and fishing reserve. It was built between 1886 and 1890 as a source for water to supply Yorke Peninsula. It has a capacity of 3.18 gigalitres (112,000,000 cu ft). When it was built, Beetaloo Dam was considered the largest concrete dam in the southern hemisphere. It is now the smallest of SA Water`s 16 reservoirs in South Australia. At the time of its construction, Yorke Peninsula was a developing agricultural base, as well as copper mining and smelting industry in the Copper Triangle area around Kadina, Wallaroo and Moonta.

Location

Address:	Beetaloo Valley Road, Beetaloo Valley, 5523
State:	SA
Area:	AUS
GPS Coordinates:	Lat: -33.195806 Long: 138.220239 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.

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Details

Monument Type:	Plaque
Monument Theme:	Government
Sub-Theme:	State
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Approx. Event Start Date:	1890
Actual Event End Date:
Approx. Event End Date:	1990
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Dedication

Approx. Monument Dedication Date:	November-1990

Source: MA