Loyalty Road flood retarding basin
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Loyalty Road flood retarding basin completed
Particulars
Owner: unknown
Designer: New South Wales Public Works Department
Contractor: White Construction (NSW) Ltd.
Statistics
Type: Gravity
Purpose(s): Flood Control
Reservoir capacity: unknown
Height: 30 metres
Length: 111 metres
Volume of RCC: 20 m3x103
Total volume: 22 m3x103
Construction Dates
Start of Project: 06/95 (June 1995)
Start of RCC: 12/95 (December 1995)
End of RCC: 04/96 (April 1996)
End of Project: 08/96 (August 1996)
Country: Australia
River: Darling Mills Creek
DMS Co-ordinates: 33˚46'32.62"S, 151˚00'18.84"E
DD Co-ordinates: -33.775726, 151.005234
Facings
Upstream
| Slope | Type |
|---|---|
| Vertical | RCC against precast concrete panels |
Downstream
| Slope | Type |
|---|---|
| 0.80 | RCC against precast concrete panels |
Spillway
| Slope | Type |
|---|---|
| 0.80 | RCC against precast concrete panels |
Placement
| Layers (mm) | Lifts (mm) |
|---|---|
| 300 | 300 |
Cementitious material
| Cement (kg/m3) |
|---|
| 80 |
| Pozzolan (kg/m3) | Pozzolan Type |
|---|---|
| 0 | Ground-granulated blast-furnace slag |
