Tuapeka River
TheTuapeka Riveris a river located inOtagoin theSouth IslandofNew Zealand.It is a tributary of theClutha River,which it joins at Tuapeka Mouth betweenRoxburghandBalclutha.
The Tuapeka's main claim to fame is as the centre of theCentral Otago Gold Rushof the 1860s. The first major discovery of gold in Otago was atGabriel's Gully,close to the Tuapeka, in 1861.
An earlier wooden crib dam was built further upstream in 1907. The concrete dam was begun in 1914. Water from the dam was conveyed on a water race to the turbine and sluicing area.[1]
46°01′S169°31′E/ 46.017°S 169.517°E
References
[edit]- ^"THE TUAPEKA RIVER DAM WALK".tuapekamouthferry.co.nz.Retrieved1 February2021.