Gosling Creek Dam | |
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Location of Gosling Creek Reservoir in New South Wales | |
Country | Australia |
Location | Orange, New South Wales |
Coordinates | 33°19′45″S 149°05′27″E / 33.3291°S 149.0908°E |
Purpose | Water supply |
Status | Decommissioned |
Construction began | 1888 |
Opening date | 9 October 1890inauguration |
Construction cost | A£32,688 |
Owner(s) | Orange City Council |
Dam and spillways | |
Type of dam | Embankment dam |
Impounds | Gosling Creek |
Height | 16 metres (52 ft) |
Length | 260 metres (850 ft) |
Width (crest) | 3 metres (9.8 ft) |
Spillways | 1 |
Spillway type | Concrete chute |
Spillway capacity | 2,960 cubic metres per second (105,000 cu ft/s) |
Reservoir | |
Creates | Gosling Creek Reservoir |
Total capacity | 400 megalitres (14×10 6 cu ft) |
Catchment area | 17 square kilometres (6.6 sq mi) |
Surface area | 12 hectares (30 acres) |
Maximum water depth | 5 metres (16 ft) |
Gosling Creek Dam is a decommissioned minor earth and rock fill with clay core embankment dam with concrete chute spillway across the Gosling Creek upstream of Orange in the central western region of New South Wales, Australia. Commissioned in 1890 to supply Orange with potable water, the dam was decommissioned after the official commissioning of the Suma Park Dam in 1962. The impounded reservoir is called Gosling Creek Reservoir and is now used for recreation purposes.