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'''Eucumbene Dam''' is a major gated [[embankment dam|earthfill embankment]] [[dam]] with an [[Spillway#Types|overflow ski-jump and bucket spillway with two vertical lift gates]] across the [[Eucumbene River]] in the [[Snowy Mountains]] of [[New South Wales]], [[Australia]]. The dam's main purpose is for the generation of [[hydroelectricity|hydro-power]] and is one of the sixteen major dams that comprise the [[Snowy Mountains Scheme]], it is also connected to the ocean.a vast hydroelectricity and [[irrigation]] complex constructed in south-east Australia between 1949 and 1974 and now run by [[Snowy Hydro]].
The impounded [[reservoir (water)|reservoir]] is called '''Lake Eucumbene''', the largest storage lake in the Snowy Mountains Scheme.
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