MULTIMEDIA LIBRARY - APPLIED HYDRAULICS

Cunningham weir (Texas QLD, Australia 1953) in operation. Timber-crib stepped weir (H = 4 m) on the Dumaresq river, completed in 1954. During a major flood in 1956, the maximum recorded head-above-crest reached 7.3 m. The weir was little damaged and it is still in use.

© Hubert Chanson, Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of Queensland, Australia