The Small Dams of Central Otago

From Archaeopedia
Revision as of 17:44, 23 April 2010 by Glaw (talk | contribs)
Jump to: navigation, search

The Small Dams of Central Otago

David Ellis 2009 New Zealand Society on Large Dams, Wellington 156pp ISBN 978-0-908960-53-8

The Blurb: “A history of the small dams that were built to provide irrigation and electricity for people of the area”.


Mini Review

D G Ellis is a former General Manager of the Otago Central Electric Power Board and earlier Assistant Engineer under his father Engineer- Manager. His book concentrates on the schemes built for power and or irrigation, rather than the dams of the gold-mining days, though the power was used in the dredged.

Central Otago is fortunate in the attention that has been given to its engineering heritage. The dredges[1], their early power schemes have been well covered[2] and the extraordinary story of the water supply for gold and the town around and in Alexandra has been well told by McCraw[3].

This is a valuable addition

References

  1. ↑ Hearn T J and Hargreaves, R P 1985 The Speculator's Dream, Gold Dredging in Southern New Zealand. Allied Press.
  2. ↑ Chandler P M and R C Hall 1986 Let There Be Light. Otago Central Electric Power Board.
  3. ↑ McCraw, J.D. 2000 Mountain Water and River Gold. Square One Press, Dunedin.


3rd Australasian Engineering Heritage Conference 2009 Early Water Races in Central Otago D J Hamilton, BE (Ag)(Hons), F.IPENZ, David Hamilton & Associates Ltd http://www.ipenz.org.nz/heritage/conference/papers/Hamilton_D.pdf


2005 Electricity in Central Otago, 1922-1990 : an account of the people who brought electricity to the homes and work places of Central Otago under the elected power board system / by David Ellis.

Retrieved from "http://archaeopedia.com/wiki/index.php?title=The_Small_Dams_of_Central_Otago&oldid=5541"