Edited Book

Author

Cole, Bruce

Title

Dam Technology in Australia 1850-1999

Imprint

Australian National Committee on Large Dams, Penrith NSW, 2000, 248 pp

ISBN/ISSN

0957830807

Subject

History of Applied Sciences Engineering and Technology

Description

Review of the history of major dam design and construction in Australia, by era, by type and changes over time due to concerns about floods and safety.

Includes brief biographies of contributors; details of Australian dam authorities; bibliography; index to dams, weirs, barrages, rivers, reservoirs and lakes; and a general subject index.

Abstract

An historical overview of dam building in Australia was initially produced as part of the Heritage Dams Project, that had its genesis in 1995 when the National Committee on Engineering Heritage, Institution of Engineers Australia, obtained a grant from the National Estate Grants Program to carry out 'A review of major dams in Australia'. The project report was completed and presented to the Australian Heritage Commission, in June 1999.

Earlier at the the 1998 ANCOLD Conference, it was agreed that the summary histories and related research were worthy of being published. After peer review of drafts, and two additional chapters on spillways and safety were written, this book was published in time for the 2000 ANCOLD Conference.

Source

Carlson 2000

Related entries

Corporate Bodies

• Australian National Committee on Large Dams Incorporated (ANCOLD) (1937 - )
• Engineering Heritage Australia (EHA), Engineers Australia (1975 - )

  National Committee on Engineering Heritage had oversight of the Heriatge Dams project, on which this book is based.

Related Published resources

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• Cole, Bruce, 'Dams to the rescue [Chapter 1]' in Dam Technology in Australia: 1850-1990, Bruce Cole, ed. (Sydney: Australian National Committee on Large Dams, 2000), pp. 1-6. Details
• Doherty, Lindsay, 'Gravity dams [Chapter 3]' in Dam Technology in Australia: 1850-1990, Bruce Cole, ed. (Sydney: Australian National Committee on Large Dams, 2000), pp. 15-54. Details
• Eagles, John, 'Rockfill dams with earth cores [Chapter 8]' in Dam Technology in Australia: 1850-1990, Bruce Cole, ed. (Sydney: Australian National Committee on Large Dams, 2000). Details
• Giudici, Sergio, 'Arch dams [Chapter 5]' in Dam Technology in Australia: 1850-1990, Bruce Cole, ed. (Sydney: Australian National Committee on Large Dams, 2000), pp. 69-98. Details
• Kinstler, Frank, 'Different types of dams [Chapter 2]' in Dam Technology in Australia: 1850-1990, Bruce Cole, ed. (Sydney: Australian National Committee on Large Dams, 2000), pp. 7 - 14. Details
• Kinstler, Frank, 'Buttress dams [Chapter 4]' in Dam Technology in Australia: 1850-1990, Bruce Cole, ed. (Sydney: Australian National Committee on Large Dams, 2000), pp. 55-67. Details
• Kinstler, Frank, 'Rockfill dams with concrete faces [Chapter 7]' in Dam Technology in Australia: 1850-1990, Bruce Cole, ed. (Sydney: Australian National Committee on Large Dams, 2000), pp. 131-147. Details
• Kinstler, Frank, 'Spillways [Chapter 10]' in Dam Technology in Australia: 1850-1990, Bruce Cole, ed. (Sydney: Australian National Committee on Large Dams, 2000), pp. 185-207. Details
• Murley, Keith, 'Surveillance and safety of dams [Chapter 11]' in Dam Technology in Australia: 1850-1990, Bruce Cole, ed. (Sydney: Australian National Committee on Large Dams, 2000), pp. 209-225. Details
• Watt, Bob, 'Earthfill dams [Chapter 6]' in Dam Technology in Australia: 1850-1990, Bruce Cole, ed. (Sydney: Australian National Committee on Large Dams, 2000), pp. 99-130. Details
• Watt, Bob, 'Estimating the spillway design flood [Chapter 9]' in Dam Technology in Australia: 1850-1990, Bruce Cole, ed. (Sydney: Australian National Committee on Large Dams, 2000), pp. 179-183. Details