Gold Creek Dam

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lake_name = Gold Creek Dam
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location = 14km West of Brisbane, Queensland
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type = reservoir
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catchment = 10.48 km²
basin_countries = Australia
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max-depth = 26 m
volume = 1800 ML
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reference = PDF|1= [http://article.pubs.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/ppv/RPViewDoc?_handler_=HandleInitialGet&journal=cjce&volume=25&calyLang=eng&articleFile=l98-005.pdf Gold Creek dam and its unusual waste waterway] ]

Gold Creek Dam or Gold Creek Reservoir is an earthen dam located on the outskirts of Brisbane. The dam wall was built between 1882 and 1885. Originally an unlined chute, the dam spillway was damaged during floods early 1890. It was replaced by an un-reinforced concrete stepped spillway. It was the world's first concrete stepped spillway and the precursor of the moderns roller compacted concrete (RCC) stepped spillways. The dam and its spillway system were refurbished several times including in 1974 and 2004 (Chanson and Whitmore 1998). Today most of the 1890 concrete stepped spillway cascade is still in use.As part of a long-term remedial works strategy for Gold Creek Dam, Brisbane Water, working with Brisbane City Council, will commence Phase Two construction works in November 2004 to preserve this important flood mitigation asset and local recreation area.

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* [http://www.uq.edu.au/~e2hchans/gold_crk.html Gold Creek dam and its historical stepped spillway system] (Cick PROCEED at th UQ-ITS advisory webpge)
* [http://article.pubs.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/ppv/RPViewDoc?_handler_=HandleInitialGet&journal=cjce&volume=25&calyLang=eng&articleFile=l98-005.pdf Gold Creek dam and its unusual waste waterway design]
* [http://www.pictureaustralia.org/apps/pictureaustralia?action=PASearch&mode=subject&complete1=true&attribute1=subject&term1=Gold+Creek+Reservoir Pictures- National Library of Australia]
* [http://en.structurae.de/photos/index.cfm?JS=169 Photo of the spillway]
* [http://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/bccwr/major_projects/documents/gold_creek_dam_newsletter_151004.pdf Gold Creek Dam Wall Refurbishment Project]
* [http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view.php?pid=UQ:9334 Gold Creek Dam and its Unusual Waste Waterway (1890-1997) : Design, Operation, Maintenance] , by H. Chanson and R.. Whitmore, Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, Vol. 25, No. 4, pp. 755-768 & front cover