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The first two concrete gravity dams in New Zealand were built on the Korokoro Stream in 1903 and 1904. Designed by engineer Samuel Jickell they were the Korokoro Dam, a dam to supply water for Petone, and a dam for the Wellington Woollen Mill Manufacturing Company.
Passes grassland, and forest, usually 10–20 m from the lakeshore. Just before Korokoro campsite, there is a turnoff up Korokoro river, to Korokoro Falls which takes about 30 minutes each way. Korokoro Campsite 6.8 km 2.5 hours
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Walls for Water: Pioneer Dam Building in New Zealand. Palmerston North: The Dunmore Press Ltd. ISBN 0-86469-313-3 . Retired civil engineer and dam inspector examines the development of New Zealand dam construction techniques and uses from the 1860s to the 1950s for municipal water supply, mining, kauri logging and development of the Lake ...
The Cannon Point Walkway is a hiking trail in the Akatarawa Forest on the western side of the Hutt Valley in the North Island of New Zealand. The walkway is a loop of 7.7 kilometres (4.8 mi) in length, ascending to the Cannon Point trig at 341 metres (1,119 ft), and with a total elevation gain of 304 metres (997 ft). [1]
Korokoro was established in the 1900s by the Liberal government (in office 1891–1912), and remained a relatively small settlement until the Lower Hutt City Council developed the area for private housing in the 1960s. [3] [failed verification] Before 1989, Korokoro formed part of the Petone Borough, [4] which amalgamated with Lower Hutt City ...
"Our Water History - On Tap: Water Supply in the Wellington Region 1867-2006" (PDF). Greater Wellington Regional Council. September 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 June 2023. Wonderful Water Walks – A History of Water Supply Dams in the Wellington Region at the Greater Wellington Regional Council; 1860s-1920s Early water history
Historic Lower Dam on the Wainuiomata River. European settlers recognised the value of the area as a water source in the 19th century. An earth dam was constructed in 1880, and a pipeline was laid to Wellington. [1] This complemented the country's first public water supply dam, completed in Karori west of the city two years earlier. [4]