Discovering Twizel Lake, Otago, New zealand

#DJMICOVLOG Heavy machinery from building the hydroelectric schemes at the entrance to Twizel (2019) The present town was built in 1968 by the Ministry of Works as a greenfields project to house workers constructing the Upper Waitaki hydroelectricity scheme.[2] The name comes from the nearby Twizel River, in turn named for Twizel Bridge in Northumberland by John Turnbull Thomson, Chief Surveyor of Otago in the mid-19th century.[3] The Waitaki hydro scheme consisted of 50 kilometres (31 mi) of canals, two dams, and four powerhouses (Tekapo B, Ohau A, B and C), and the formation of Lake Ruataniwha, producing 848 MW of electricity.[4][5] At the height of the project in the 1970s, population peaked of around 6,000.[6]