William Hovell Dam [Cheshunt, Vic, Australia]
S 36° 54.850 E 146° 23.240
55H E 445425 N 5914473
The William Hovell Dam is a rock and earth-fill embankment dam with a flip bucket chute spillway across the King River, Victoria.
Waymark Code: WMX28A
Location: Victoria, Australia
Date Posted: 11/16/2017
Views: 3
"The purposes of the dam are for irrigation and the generation of hydroelectricity. The impounded reservoir is called Lake William Hovell.
"The dam is located south of Whitfield on the edge of the Alpine National Park, fed by the King River and Evans Creek. It supplies water for approximately 24 square kilometres (9.3 sq mi) for irrigated crops, vineyards and grazing properties along the King River from Cheshunt to Wangaratta." Wikipedia
With the height of the water stored, a hydro-electric generator is able to use the water pressure to generate 3.7 gigawatt-hours.
The water of the Reservoir can only be used for Human-Powered recreation. Which includes paddling out to Find (or try to reach) a couple of geocaches!
** Coordinates used, are from the Wikipedia page! **
** PLEASE, mention if you were interested in getting either of the nearby geocaches, that require a paddle to get to. **
Visited: 1130 - 1310 Thursday, 19 May, 2016 - while getting one geocache, and having a DNF on another.
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