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#16589 - Construction of the spillway at Scrivener Dam

Resource ID
Location
16589
Photograph 2886
Title/subtitle
Construction of the spillway at Scrivener Dam
Picture
Construction of the spillway at Scrivener Dam
Format
Photograph
Publisher
[n.d.]
Physical description
Black & white photograph; 8cm x 6cm
Summary
Construction of the spillway of Scrivener Dam.
Availability
Not for loan.Copies available for purchase.
Notes
Scrivener Dam holds back the waters of the Molonglo River to form Lake Burley Griffin. The valves of the dam were first closed on 20 September 1963. It is named after the surveyor Charles Robert Scrivener.