Lake Eucumbene Dam Wall
by Klaus Mayer
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Lake Eucumbene is the largest lake of the Snowy Hydro Electric Scheme approx. 40 kilometres from Cooma. The 116 metre high and 580 metres long dam wall of Lake Eucumbene was completed in 1958. The lake is about 1200 metres above sea level and holds around nine times the volume of Sydney Harbour.
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