Gordon Dam - TAS

The Gordon River is one of several that run through the Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park and is one of Tasmania's wild treasures. It is one of the pristine rivers that carve deep gorges into the park . It is located at the end of Gordon River Road, way after you pass Mount Field National Park and a few kilometres past Strathgordon.

The dam was completed back in 1974 and is the tallest dam (140 metres) in Tasmania. It backs up beside the road as you reach Strathgordon. Lake Pedder is visible on the other side of the road. Pedder feeds water into the Gordon Dam to make joint use of the generation facilities on the shore of that lake.

The massive the concrete wall features an arch both horizontally and vertically. The top is higher than Sydney Harbour Bridge. The Gordon and Pedder dams combined hold multiples of the volume of Sydney Harbour.