🚧 Canning Dam

The Canning Dam is a gravity dam across the Canning River, located near Ashendon, in the City of Armadale, Western Australia. Completed in 1940, the dam created the Canning Reservoir that serves as a major source of potable water for the city of Perth, Western Australia. The dam's catchment area is dean from the Darling Scarp. It is noted for its innovative structural and hydraulic design that was considered to be at the forefront of concrete gravity dam design at the time of construction in from 1933 to its completion.