Darwin Dam
Darwin Dam is one of two dams that contain Lake Burbury, West Coast, Tasmania.
It captures the high rainfall in the catchment of the King River.
It was constructed in the 1980s following the abandonment of the Gordon-below-Franklin power development scheme (The Franklin Dam) of Hydro Tasmania.
It is named after the mountain just to the west Mount Darwin which in turn was the name taken by the railway stopping place, and ghost town site of Darwin that was situated on the North Mount Lyell Railway between Gormanston and Kelly Basin
In the 1910s 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 7 km tunnel to the John Butters Power Station[1] which is close to the confluence of the King River with the Queen River.
See also
Notes
- ↑ HEC (no date) King River Power development page 13 - calling it the Headrace Tunnel'
References
- Blainey, Geoffrey (2000). The Peaks of Lyell (6th ed. ed.). Hobart: St. David's Park Publishing. ISBN 0-7246-2265-9.
- Whitham, Charles (2003). Western Tasmania - A land of riches and beauty (Reprint 2003 ed.). 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
Coordinates: 42°13′S 145°37′E / 42.217°S 145.617°E