Darwin Dam
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Darwin Dam Location: 42° 13' S 145° 37' E
One of two dams that contain Lake Burbury, West Coast, Tasmania.
It captures the high rainfall in the catchment of the King River
Constructed in the 1980's following the abandonment of the Gordon-below-Franklin power development scheme (The Franklin Dam) of Hydro Tasmania.
Named after the ghost town site of Darwin which was submerged by the waters of Lake Burbury.
In the 1910'a the Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company had investigated and surveyed a site very close to this dam for a proposed scheme.
The water is piped down to the John Butters Power Station which is close to the confluence of the King River with the queen River.
[edit] See also
[edit] Reference
- Whitham, Charles. Western Tasmania - A land of riches and beauty, Reprint 2003, Queenstown: Municaplity of Queenstown. - for reference to 'Lake Dorothy' and earlier proposed scheme
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