Darwin Dam

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Darwin Dam (Location: 42°13′S 145°37′ECoordinates: 42°13′S 145°37′E) is 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

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 a 7km tunnel to the John Butters Power Station^[1] which is close to the confluence of the King River with the Queen River.

[edit] See also

• Crotty Dam (Tasmania)
• Hydro Tasmania

[edit] Notes

1. ^ HEC (no date) King River Power development page 13 - calling it the Headrace Tunnel'

[edit] References

• Blainey, Geoffrey (2000). The Peaks of Lyell, 6th ed., Hobart: St. David's Park Publishing. ISBN 0-7246-2265-9. 
• Whitham, Charles. Western Tasmania - A land of riches and beauty, Reprint 2003, Queenstown: Municipality of Queenstown. 

2003 edition - Queenstown: Municipality of Queenstown.

1949 edition - Hobart: Davies Brothers. OCLC 48825404; ASIN B000FMPZ80

1924 edition - Queenstown: Mount Lyell Tourist Association. OCLC 35070001; ASIN B0008BM4XC