GIGANTIC DAM
Water Supply For Pertli Metropolitan Area Work on ihe greafc CanningWest Australia, whieh was snspend&d before Ohristmas owing to shortage' of Government fnnds, has been resumed, and 250 men who had -lost their err-i ployment or been transferred to worlc with a higher proportion of wages 'toi cost of material will soon be back on. tfi? job. i The wall of the dam had' reached a h eight of 120ft. and it was then eapable of holding two thousand million. gallons of water. The wall will reach a heighi of 218ft., with a length of 1600ft. and a ■vvidth of 170ft. at the base, diminlshing to 20ft. at the top. By tho Cnd of Angust the capacity of tho dam !• exy pected to be four thousand million eal* lons. The purpose of the da®. Is to gnaraB* tee an ample supply of water for the Perth metropolitan area. Nearly six rears' work remains to be done. The dam will them hold 20,500,000,000 gal- • lons and will have cost £1,250,000. The wall is being built across a gorge in the Canning river, about 20 miles southeast of Perth.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 153, 16 July 1937, Page 18
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