The construction of the Paris Dam began in 1935, and was completed less than a year later, in 1936. It was preciously referred to as the Morning Star Dam. The dam is the only one of a buttress and slab construction in Tasmania, and one of just a handful of that construction in the coutry.
The wall has a lenght of 250m and a maximum height of 16m. So, the dam had water storage of about 1300 megalitres covering almost 21 hectares (52 acres).
After a few owners of the dam a hole appeared and a large crack in the near the base of the dam wall. It wasn't repaired I'm led to believe.
I'd never heard of the Paris Dam until a few years ago when we decided to drive up this gravel road in the north east of Tasmania, and it was there we saw a sign to the dam which was an old sign so we didn't venture on any further.
These photos are from the internet.
