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Author
Dumas, R. J.; Macbeth, R. A.
Title
Design of Samson Brook and Stirling Dams, Western Australia
In
Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia
Imprint
vol. 13, no. 10, Oct 1941, pp. 231-239
Description

This paper, No. 765, originated in the Perth Division of The Institution and was presented at a General Meeting of the Division on 28th July, 1941.

[This paper was awarded the Warren Memorial Prize 1942.]

Abstract

This paper describes the design and some construction details of two high earthen dams in the south-western portion of Western Australia which are being built to augment the water supply available for the irrigation districts, thus enabling extensions of the areas to be made.

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