Lake Manchester Dam

Lake Manchester Dam
Lake Manchester Dam is located in Queensland
Lake Manchester Dam
Location of the Lake Manchester Dam
in Queensland
CountryAustralia
LocationSouth East Queensland
Coordinates27°29′17″S 152°45′5″E / 27.48806°S 152.75139°E / -27.48806; 152.75139
Purpose
StatusOperational
Construction began1912 (1912)
Opening date
  • 1916 (1916)
  • 2008 (2008) (upgrade)
Operator(s)SEQ Water
Dam and spillways
Type of damGravity dam
ImpoundsCabbage Tree Creek
Height43.8 m (144 ft)[1]
Length188 m (617 ft)[1]
Dam volume45×10^3 m3 (1.6×10^6 cu ft)[1]
Spillway typeUncontrolled
Spillway capacity450 m3/s (16,000 cu ft/s)[1]
Reservoir
CreatesLake Manchester
Total capacity26,217 ML (5.767×109 imp gal; 6.926×109 US gal)[2][3]
Catchment area74 km2 (29 sq mi)[1][2]
Surface area264 ha (650 acres)[2][3]
Website
www.seqwater.com.au

Lake Manchester Dam is a concrete gravity dam with an un-gated spillway across Cabbage Tree Creek. It is also known as Cabbage Tree Creek Dam.[4] It is in the locality of Lake Manchester, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.[5] The main purpose of the dam is for potable water supply of Brisbane.[1][3] The impounded reservoir is called Lake Manchester.[4]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Register of Large Dams in Australia" (Excel (requires download)). Dams information. Australian National Committee on Large Dams. 2010. Archived from the original on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
  2. ^ a b c "Lake Manchester Dam". Water supply: Dams and weirs. Seqwater. 2014. Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
  3. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference qlddams was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ a b "Lake Manchester – reservoir in the City of Brisbane (entry 20760)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  5. ^ "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 4 February 2022.