Old Hydro Village (Site) - Old Hydro Village (Site)
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| Address : | Manapouri 9679, New Zealand |
| Postal code : | 9679 |
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MJ Cagande on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Start line of Hydro Half Marathon. I'll be joining again next year.
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T.V. Fjordland on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The historic site of The Manapouri Hydro Electric Project Village and Manapouri District High School 1965 to 1975. A Home to many families. a place all but forgotten.
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Garry Gray on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ I lived in the hydro village in 1972-3; 119 Lake Crescent.
Hard to believe that the whole town was carted away a few years after I left.
I worked as an engineering cadet, on the Manapouri Lake Control Structure, at the confluence of the Lower Waiau and Mararoa Rivers.
My duties were mainly site surveying. This work was a project undertaken some years after the completion of the main power station work.
I have been back to the area a few times, 1974 & 1991.
I hope to make another visit, before I permanently depart also.
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S .D.N.K on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ I lived here with mum & dad 1971-73. We had a high school, local hall, fish n chip shop, volunteer fire station, dairy shop & I think medical center. My dad worked on the Te Anau dam at this stage but had worked on the first tailrace tunnel & turbines for the Manapouri power station before working on the Tiwai smelter construction site between Invercargill and Bluff, then moving to Manapouri. They were great days. Our house overlooked the main road between Te Anau and Manapouri and the rugby field. I recall the hillside where the towns water tanks sat being engulfed by fire and almost everyone up there, even myself at 12 years old trying to smother out fires! NOTE: If you plan to visit this site, it is private property now. You'll need to visit the kepler farm nearby on the same side heading to manapouri for any permission.
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