| The Waipori power scheme
was started in 1902 by the Waipori Falls Electric Power
Company. In 1904 the Dunedin City Council bought it. The
first power was supplied in 1907, initially for Dunedin
consumers. The scheme was bought by TrustPower Limited as
recently as 1998. |
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The lake behind Waipori dam
number four.
The water flows through a tunnel, surge
chamber, power station, then to the river
where the course is.
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