Clip description
Shows the cycle of drilling, firing and hauling of materials in the construction of Talbingo Reservoir on the Snowy Mountains Scheme.
Curator’s notes
Talbingo Reservoir, a rockfill dam, is the highest dam on the Snowy Mountains Scheme at 161 metres. This sequence displays the continuous cycle of drilling, firing with explosives and hauling away of materials during the construction of the dam in and around 1968.