Mitigation Works
Lake Somerset is a 904,000 megalitre dam located on the Stanley River (the normal water supply capacity is 380,000 megalitres, but the dam can hold another 524,000 megalitres of extra flood capacity). The site was first suggested for the location of a dam by Henry Somerset, after the 1893 floods, and he championed its construction when he was elected to parliament in 1904, where he served for 16 years as the Member for Stanley. Construction of the dam was not started until 1933, and it was finally finished in 1953. It was seen as a major job creation project when it commenced in the Depression, but was delayed by World War Two.
The same day that the notice of Billy Mateer's death appeared in the newspaper, there was also a major announcement that the State Government had approved the construction of Somerset Dam. The site had been identified in 1933, by the Bureau of Industry.
Read more about this topic: 1893 Brisbane Flood
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