Snowy Mountains Scheme
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Opened | October 21, 1972 |
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Locations | Kosciuszko National Park |
New South Wales | |
Construction cost | 820 million AUD |
Construction began | October 17, 1949 |
Operator | Snowy Hydro |
Purposes | Hydroelectricity |
Irrigation | |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 2431441 |
About Snowy Mountains Scheme
The Snowy Mountains scheme or Snowy scheme is a hydroelectricity and irrigation complex in south-east Australia. The Scheme consists of sixteen major dams; seven power stations; one pumping station; and 225 kilometres of tunnels, pipelines and aqueducts that were constructed between 1949 and 1974.