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Barossa Reservoir

Barossa Reservoir Barossa Reservoir - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Barossa Reservoir is a reservoir in the Australian state of South Australia, built between 1899 and 1902 to supply water to Gawler and other northern country areas. Built at a cost of almost A£170,000 the reservoir was hailed on completion as an engineering marvel, and with the reservoir wall rising to a height of , it was, at the time of its completion, the highest dam wall in Australia. Read more on Wikipedia

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