engineering

Solomon Dam

Solomon Dam is a engineering topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Solomon Dam rather than just read about it. In short: The Solomon Dam is an earth-filled embankment dam located 42 kilometres (26 mi) east of Ingham, in Far North Queensland, Australia. Together with the Francis Creek Dam, the Solomon Dam is a main source of potable water for the Great Palm Island.

Key takeaways

Solomon Dam belongs to engineering; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Solomon Dam to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Solomon Dam from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

The Solomon Dam is an earth-filled embankment dam located 42 kilometres (26 mi) east of Ingham, in Far North Queensland, Australia. Together with the Francis Creek Dam, the Solomon Dam is a main source of potable water for the Great Palm Island.

Overview Completed in 1977, the dam is 17 metres (56 ft) high and 408 metres (1,339 ft) long. The resultant 487-megalitre (395 acre⋅ft) reservoir draws from a relatively-small catchment area of 4 square kilometres (1.5 sq mi). The dam is operated by the Aboriginal Shire of Palm Island. After a sustained drought, in 2016 it was reported that Council was considering replacing the dam with a desalination plant. A $7-million grant for a temporary desalination plant was approved by the Queensland Government in February 2016. Plans for a permanent solar desalination plant were unresolved, as of March 2026. Scientific studies have claimed that the dam is impacted by cyanobacteria.

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Solomon Dam

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Solomon Dam claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In engineering, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Solomon Dam before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Solomon Dam ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Solomon Dam

In research: Solomon Dam appears in engineering research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Solomon Dam in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Solomon Dam is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1977 establishments in Australia, Algae of Australia, Australian dam stubs, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Solomon Dam outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Solomon Dam in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Solomon Dam means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Solomon Dam out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Solomon Dam in simple terms?

Why does Solomon Dam matter?

Because it connects several engineering ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Solomon Dam?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Solomon Dam.