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Hume Dam wall with water pouring through the open valves [PRG 1258/3/37] • Photograph

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Summary

View of the Hume Dam wall, showing water pouring through open valves, with two people silhouetted in the white water, taken January 1950.

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Physical description

Photoprint; 10 x 15 cm

Dates / Publication details

1950

Collection

Part of Godson Collection

Subject

Water-storage -- Murray River (N.S.W.-S.A.)
Reservoirs -- Australia
Hume Weir (N.S.W. and Vic.)

Catalogue record

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Historical information

Hume Dam: 1,250,000 acre-feet designs for extension to 2,000,000 acre-feet. Concrete 1042 feet long, earth 150 feet high, embankment 4,238 feet long 125 feet high.

Digitisation information

Date

22/06/2001

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

2,030 x 2,877 pixels (5.8 MP)

Size

5.85 MB

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