Darwin Dam (Tasmania)
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Darwin Dam is one of two dams that contain Lake Burbury
, West Coast
, Tasmania
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It captures the high rainfall in the catchment of the King River
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 which is close to the confluence of the King River with the Queen River.
Lake Burbury
Lake Burbury is a man-made lake created by the Crotty Dam made by Hydro Tasmania inundating the upper King River valley that lies east of the West Coast Range. It has a surface area of 54 square kilometres....
, West Coast
West Coast, Tasmania
The West Coast of Tasmania is the part of the state that is strongly associated with wilderness, mining and tourism, rough country and isolation...
, Tasmania
Tasmania
Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...
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It captures the high rainfall in the catchment of the King River
- Constructed in the 1980s following the abandonment of the Gordon-below-Franklin power development scheme (The Franklin DamFranklin DamThe Franklin Dam or Gordon-below-Franklin Dam project was a proposed dam on the Gordon River in Tasmania, Australia, that was never constructed. The movement that eventually led to the project's cancellation became one of most significant environmental campaigns in Australian history.The dam was...
) of Hydro TasmaniaHydro TasmaniaHydro Tasmania, known for most of its history as The HEC, is the government owned enterprise which is the predominant electricity generator in the state of Tasmania, Australia...
. - Named after the ghost town site of DarwinDarwin Townsite, TasmaniaDarwin Townsite, TasmaniaLocation: 42° 14' S 145° 36'EA surveyed and short lived community at the eastern side of Mount Darwin on theWest Coast Range....
In the 1910s the Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company
Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company
Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company was a Tasmanian mining company formed on the 29 March 1893, most commonly referred to as Mount Lyell. Mount Lyell was the dominant copper mining company of the West Coast from 1893 to 1994, and was based in Queenstown, Tasmania.Following consolidation of...
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 which is close to the confluence of the King River with the Queen River.