Somerset Dam Wall Lookout - QLD

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Position

DEG: -27.115731 152.553992
DMS: 27º 06' 56.63" S 152º 33' 14.35" E
UTM: 56 J 7000668mN 455794mE
Altitude: 105.52m

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Esk - Kilcoy Road Somerset
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Information

Somerset Dam Wall Lookout Construction started 1935 450 workers were employed 1942 construction on the dam advanced enough to provide Mount Crosby pumping station 1st reliable water storage to enable supply to Brisbane & Ipswich Work ceased during WW11 and resumed in 1948 with all concrete work completed by 1953 Quality of concrete mix resulted in it being Australia’s most leakage free dam 1st major dam in Australia designed specifically to provide flood mitigation as well as providing storage for Urban water supply. Flood mitigation for Brisbane & Ipswich was demonstrated during the 1974 floods. It even has a 4 megawatts Hydro Electric Station which was commissioned in 1953, decommissioned in 1978, recommissioned 1988.
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Closest Weather Station

Beerburrum at 21/05:30pm EST
Distance from Somerset Dam Wall Lookout 43.99km NE
TemperatureFeels LikeRel. HumidityDew PointPressureRainfallWind DirectionWind SpeedGusts
25.3°C27.0°C64%18.0°ChPa0.0mmENE6km/hr
3knots
13km/hr
7knots

Closest Climatic Station

Beerburrum Forest Station
Distance from Somerset Dam Wall Lookout 43.99km NE
 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean Max. °C30.329.728.426.524.021.621.623.126.027.528.029.6
Mean Min. °C19.719.918.415.712.510.79.29.312.014.616.418.5
Mean Rain mm203.2202.2174.0116.7122.376.266.145.446.988.7116.9160.9

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