Blowering Dam

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Model of Spirit of Australia in which Ken Warby set the world water speed record in 1978 on the dam

Blowering Dam is on the Tumut River in Australia. It is part of the Snowy Mountains Scheme. Associated with the dam is the Blowering Power Station.

The dam was completed in 1968. It holds 1,628,000 megalitres (million litres). The water from the dam is used for irrigation along the Murrumbidgee River, Yanco/Colombo/Billabong Creeks system, the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area and the Colleambally Irrigation Area.

In 1978, Ken Warby set the Water speed record of 317.60 miles per hour on Blowering Dam.

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Coordinates: -35.39965° 148.24244°

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