Darwin Dam

Darwin Dam (Location: 42°13′S 145°37′E / 42.217°S 145.617°E / -42.217; 145.617Coordinates: 42°13′S 145°37′E / 42.217°S 145.617°E / -42.217; 145.617) 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 1980s 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 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

• Crotty Dam
• Hydro Tasmania

Notes

1. ^ 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