Roxburgh

Roxburgh | CB | 600x400

Location
Clutha River
Central Otago

Commissioned
1956 and 1962

Max Capacity
320 MW

Annual Output
1,400 and 1,830 GWh

The first of Roxburgh's eight generators was commissioned over 60 years ago in 1956. Roxburgh is a concrete gravity dam, and with the powerhouse, contains about half a million cubic metres of concrete, weighing 1.5 million tonnes. The lake formed by the dam covers an area of nearly six square kilometres.

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