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#16498 - Aerial view of Scrivener Dam

Resource ID
Location
16498
Photograph 2795
Title/subtitle
Aerial view of Scrivener Dam
Picture
Aerial view of Scrivener Dam
Format
Photograph
Publisher
March 1964
Physical description
Black & white photograph; 21cm x 16cm
Summary
Aerial view of Scrivener Dam which holds back the Molonglo River to form Lake Burley Griffin. The view is from above Dairy Farmers Hill looking east over the dam, Government House and Yarralumla. Dairy Farmers Hill is covered by the Greenhills Pine Plantation.
Availability
Not for loan. Copies available for purchase
Notes
The valve to the dam was closed in September 1963 by Minister for te Interior Gordon Freeth.