Up up up goes the Cotter Dam intake tower

johnboy 31 October 2011 31 October 2011 3

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Actew CEO Mark Sullivan has tweeted this moody shot of the Cotter Dam Expansion with this note:

Intake tower as part of the new Cotter Dam looks rather like a flight tower, and will be 65m high – approx 25m to go.

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3 Responses to Up up up goes the Cotter Dam intake tower

Henry82 9:49 am 01 Nov 11

ex-vectis said :

Which one is the intake tower?

It’s the tall thing in the middle, the other tall structures are cranes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MZ0eRckO34

ex-vectis 7:48 am 01 Nov 11

Which one is the intake tower?

krats 7:04 am 01 Nov 11

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