Irvinebank Dam

Dam in Australia

17°25′45″S 145°12′00″E / 17.4291°S 145.2001°E / -17.4291; 145.2001TypereservoirPrimary inflowsGibbs Creek, McDonald CreekPrimary outflowsGibbs CreekBasin countriesAustraliaWater volume150 million litres (33,000,000 imp gal; 40,000,000 US gal)

Irvinebank Dam (also known as Loudoun Weir) is a heritage-listed timber and concrete weir initially constructed around 1885 when a tin battery was built.^[1]

History

The two creeks which form the basis of the dam at Irvinebank were known as Gibbs Creek and McDonald Creek, after the earliest prospectors. The battery was erected on the Gibbs Creek frontage, and the dam was constructed just below the junction of these two creeks and embraced an area, when full, of about 12 - 13 acres (53,000 m²) of water, with depths varying from about 15 feet (4.6 m) down to about two or three feet.^[1] The original capacity was 150 million litres (33,000,000 imp gal; 40,000,000 US gal).

The dam was upgraded with concrete in 2006, retaining the original timbers in the facade. Following the discovery of a leak in 2017, work was carried out between December 2020 and August 2021 to repair the leak and replace six original logs in the facade with "like-for-like" new timber.^[2]

References

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^ ^a ^b A History of Irvinebank Archived 2 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine. Atherton Tableland Netguide. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
^ "Dam rescue mission preserves FNQ history". North Queensland Register. 30 August 2021. Retrieved 29 October 2021.

Water supply in Queensland, Australia

Dams and reservoirs by region

South East Queensland	Atkinson Baroon Pocket Biggera Creek Bill Gunn Bromelton Cedar Grove Weir Lake Clarendon Enoggera Ewen Maddock Gold Creek Hinze Lake Manchester Leslie Harrison Little Nerang Maroon Moogerah Mount Crosby Weir North Pine Poona Sideling Creek Six Mile Creek Somerset Splityard Creek Wappa Wivenhoe Wyaralong
Darling Downs	Connolly Cooby Coolmunda Cressbrook Glenlyon Leslie Perseverance
South West Queensland	E.J. Beardmore Neil Turner Weir
Wide Bay–Burnett	Ben Anderson Barrage Bjelke-Petersen Boobir Boondooma Borumba Cania Cedar Pocket Cooloolabin Fred Haigh Gordonbrook Lake Gregory Lenthalls McCauley Weir Meandu Creek Paradise Placer Wuruma
Central Queensland	Lake Awoonga Burton Gorge Callide Fairbairn Fitzroy River Barrage Kroombit Middle Creek Number 7 Teemburra Theresa Creek
North Queensland	Bamboo Burdekin Falls Eungella Gattonvale Offstream Storage Kinchant Paluma Peter Faust Ross River Solomon Teviot Creek
Far North Queensland	Copperlode Falls Ibis Irvinebank Koombooloomba Return Creek Southedge Stannary Hills Lake Tinaroo Wild River
North West Queensland	Lake Belmore Corella East Leichhardt Lake Julius Kidston Lake Moondarra Rifle Creek
Historical	Nindooinbah Tallebudgera Creek

Water resource management by function

Companies and government agencies	Gold Coast Water Queensland Urban Utilities seqwater SunWater WaterSecure
Other sources / facilities	Bradfield Scheme Bundaberg Irrigation Scheme Gold Coast Desalination Plant Mount Crosby Pumping Station SEQ Water Grid Toowoomba Water Futures referendum, 2006 Western Corridor Recycled Water Scheme
Regulators	Department of Energy and Water Supply
Historical	Brisbane Water LinkWater Queensland Water Commission SEQ Water Grid Manager