AD 1873 - Lower Stony Creek dam (Geelong VIC, Australia 1873). Designed by George GORDON and built under the supervision of Edward DOBSON, the curved gravity structure is Australia's first mass concrete dam. It is still in use today.
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Hubert Chanson, Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of Queensland, Australia
This web site was launched by Prof. Michele Mossa of the Polytechnic University of Bari (Italy) with the initial support of Fondazione Caripuglia, Bari, Italy for the Research Project LIC-MON of 2003 and of the Project IMCA (Integrated Monitoring of Coastal Areas) financed by MIUR PON D.M. 593/00. Later, the initiative was supported with other Prof. Michele Mossa’s funds, most recently provided by the RITMARE Project.
Lower Stony Creek dam - Australia
