The Lake Pedder reference article from the English Wikipedia on 24-Apr-2004 (provided by Fixed Reference: snapshots of Wikipedia from wikipedia.org)

Lake Pedder

The Lake Pedder Dam was built as part of the push for cheap hydro electriciy in Tasmania in the 1970's. There were many protests concerning the construction of the dam as it flooded.

These were headed by a group called the United Tasmania Group whom were the precursor to the Tasmanian Greens and are now recognised as the world's first green party.

The main concerns over the construction of the dam revolved around the loss of the distinctive pink quartzite beach of the original lake.

Three dams exist on Lake Pedder:

• Serpentine is a 38 m high rockfill dam with a concrete upstream face on the Serpentine River.
• Scotts Peak is a 43 m high rockfill dam with a bitumen upstream face on the upper reaches of the Huon River near Scotts Peak.
• Edgar is a 17 m high rockfill dam at Like Edgar near Scotts Peak.

External Links

• Lake Pedder Restoration Committee
• Panaorama of new Lake Pedder
• Essay concerning the issues surrounding the Dam's contruction

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