North Pine Dam Camping

The North Pine Dam is a mass concrete gravity dam with earth-fill embankments on abutments with a gated spillway across the North Pine River that is located in the South East region of Queensland, Australia. The main purpose of the dam is for supply of potable water for the Moreton Bay region and Brisbane's northern suburbs. The impounded reservo…
The North Pine Dam is a mass concrete gravity dam with earth-fill embankments on abutments with a gated spillway across the North Pine River that is located in the South East region of Queensland, Australia. The main purpose of the dam is for supply of potable water for the Moreton Bay region and Brisbane's northern suburbs. The impounded reservoir is called Lake Samsonvale.
  • Type of dam: Gravity dam
  • Impounds: North Pine River
  • Height: 45 m (148 ft)
  • Length: 1,375 m (4,511 ft)
  • Dam volume: 450×10³ m³ (16×10⁶ cu ft)
  • Spillway type: Controlled
  • Spillway capacity: 3,700 m³/s (130,000 cu ft/s)
Data from: en.wikipedia.org