Timeline of the clutha dam being made

  • Investigations begin on daming the clutha

  • Building of roxburgh dam starts

  • Lake hawea dam is finished

  • investigations were made wether to make more dams out of lakes leading to the see

    investigations were made wether to make more dams out of lakes leading to the see
  • Protesting began when enviromental effects for damming the dam were said

  • Site is selected for were the clyde dam is going to get build

  • buldozers come to start groundwork before water rights have been granted

  • water rights are granted for a low dam not a high dam but they were building a high dam

  • Building begins on the right side of the dam

  • Government agrees to do a high dam

  • Government releases the price of building the dam

  • the dam costs 102.6 million dollars

  • The fault line is discoverd the dam is then redigned to cope

  • 1000 workers get jobs working on site

  • Gorge stabilization work is complete this is more costs