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Glenbawn Dam

Glenbawn Dam, on the Hunter River, is a part of the Hunter Valley irrigation and flood control program in New South Wales, Australia. It is about 8 miles (13 kilometers) east of Scone. The dam is 256 feet (78 meters) high and can hold about 470 million cubic yards (360 million cubic meters) of water. It is an earth-fill dam. Glenbawn Dam was completed in 1958. More »

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