timeline of dam being made

  • investigations start

    investigations start

    investigations start about if the Clutha River could be dammed
  • Roxburgh dam

    Roxburgh dam

    the building of the Roxburgh dam starts
  • Lake Hawea

    Lake Hawea

    Lake Haweas control dam has finished being built and people can use it now also Lake Hawea has rised by 20m
  • building more dams

    building more dams

    huge investigations for building more dams from the lakes to the sea on the clutha river and 20 of the 30 proposed dam sites were costed out
  • damming the river

    there are reports outlining the environmental effects of damming the river
  • site for building dam

    site for building dam

    they found i site for building the clyde dam
  • bulldozers

    bulldozers

    the buldozers come and do the ground work for the dam befor they have water rights
  • water right

    water right

    they have water right now but for a low dam not a high dam
  • building begins

    building begins

    the start to build on the right side of the dam
  • government agrees

    the government agrees to the building of a high dam
  • tender

    tender

    the government puts a tender out for the building of the dam and the recieved 7 back