Waitaki: The River and Its Lakes, the Land and Its People |
Contents
The River its Source its Course and | 1 |
Hydro Development and the ManMade Lakes | 9 |
Great Floods Great Snows Great Droughts | 23 |
Copyright | |
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Acclimatisation Society acres Ahuriri River became Benmore dam Borton bridge built Cameron Canterbury side carried catchment cattle coffer-dam completed concrete construction controlled recorded lake County Council cubic yards cut-off wall Dansey discharged district doctor drought Duntroon electric established excavation farm fish flood Hakataramea Valley Haldon high country horse irrigation kilometres Kurow Lake Aviemore Lake Ohau Lake Pukaki Lake Tekapo Lake Waitaki land later lower picture shows Mackenzie Country Maerewhenua Maori metres Morven Hills Mount Cook naturally recorded lake North Otago Oamaru Ohau River Omarama Otago side Otekaieke Otematata Otiake placed power-house Preston rabbit railway recorded lake level Resident Engineer Robert Campbell runholders salmon scheme settlement settlers sheep sluices snow South Island spillway stopbank streams Tekapo river Timaru transport Twizel Upper Waitaki waggon Waimate Waitaki Basin Waitaki County Waitaki Hydro Waitaki Lakes Committee Waitaki River Waitaki Society Waitaki Valley wool Zealand