Beetaloo Dam

The concrete dam was built between 1886 and 1890 as a source for water to supply settlements on the Yorke Peninsula. The dam wall is high and long. The reservoir has a capacity of when full and covers , drawn from a catchment area of . When it was built, Beetaloo Dam was considered the largest concrete dam in the southern hemisphere. Construction of the dam was part of a larger project that also included the excavation of storage reservoirs at Barunga in the northern Hummocks Range and on the plateau at the top of Yorke Peninsula, and the pipes to supply them. At the time of its construction, Yorke Peninsula was a developing agricultural base, as well as copper mining and smelting industry in the Copper Triangle area around , and . The dam is sufficiently higher than Barunga that a pumping station is not required, and Barunga is higher than Paskeville. The reservoir is now the smallest of SA Water's 16 reservoirs. == See also ==