The Clutha Dam

By Caitlyn52

  • Investigations on the Dam

    Investigations begin about whether the Clutha River could potentially be dammed.

  • Roxburgh Dam.

    Construction/building of the Roxburgh dam begins.

  • Lake Hawea Dam.

    Lake Hawea Dam.
    Lake Hawea control dam is complete and put into use. Lake Hawea rises by 20m.

  • Investigations

    Huge investigations into building more dams from the lakes to the sea on the Clutha River.
    30 proposed dam sites, 20 of these were costed out.

  • Protesting begins

    Reports are submitted outlining the environmental effects of damming the river. This is when a lot of the protesting began.

  • Selecting sites

    A site is selected for building the Clyde Dam

  • Later

    Later - Water Right is granted but for a low dam, not a high dam (which was what was being built)

  • Bulldozers are permitted

    Bulldozers come in and start groundwork for the dam before ‘Water Right’ has been granted.

  • Building on right side of Clyde dam

    Building begins on the right side of the dam (abutment - large concrete construction)