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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.
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Again following the shore, the trail meanders along, through forest, before arriving at Whanganui Hut. Whanganui Hut 2.7 km 0.75 hours After a short walk through the forest, the trail arrives at the beach where water taxis pick up and set down passengers (they use the rocks on the east end of the beach). Sandflies are a problem whilst waiting here.
Historic Lower Dam on Waninuiomata River. In the 1880s, an earth dam and pipeline was established to collect fresh water from the Wainuiomata and Ōrongorongo Rivers. There are still remnants of the old logging tramways and old dam construction camp sites in the park. The rivers now provide about 15% of the region's drinking water. [3]
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] The Morton Dam was constructed between 1908 and 1911 ...
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 ...