# Anthony Power Development > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Anthony_Power_Development > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Anthony_Power_Development.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Power_Development > Source revision: 1352634568 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) [41°53′S 145°36′E / 41.883°S 145.600°E / -41.883; 145.600](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Anthony_Power_Development¶ms=41_53_S_145_36_E_type:landmark) The **Anthony Power Development Scheme**, part of the [Pieman River power development scheme](/source/Pieman_River_power_development_scheme), was a proposed scheme for damming parts of the upper catchment of the [Pieman River](/source/Pieman_River) in [Western](/source/Western_Tasmania) [Tasmania](/source/Tasmania), Australia. Proposed by the [Hydro-Electric Commission of Tasmania](/source/Hydro_Tasmania), approved by the [Tasmanian Government](/source/Tasmanian_Government) in 1983,[1] and environmental management established in 1984,[2] the scheme proposed the development of five dams across various rivers that drain the [West Coast Range](/source/West_Coast_Range) towards the [Southern Ocean](/source/Southern_Ocean). However, as a result of political and legal opinion that, most notably, saw the overturning of the proposed [Franklin Dam](/source/Franklin_Dam_controversy) in [South West Tasmania](/source/South_West_Tasmania),[3] only one of the dams proceeded, the Anthony Dam and adjacent Anthony Levee, both across the [Anthony River](/source/Anthony_River_(Tasmania)) that formed Lake Plimsoll and enabled the creation of the [Tribute Power Station](/source/Tribute_Power_Station). ## Background and proposal Hydroelectric development occurred soon after the development of the incandescent light globe and the [Pelton wheel](/source/Pelton_wheel) in the 1870s. Hydroelectric technologies were adopted in Australia, and Tasmania in particular, very soon after the technology was developed. The first driver of this was the electricity needs of remote mining operations that lacked access to coal. By the early 1880s, a hydro scheme was supplying electricity at a remote [tin mining](/source/Tin_mining) operation at [Mount Bischoff](/source/Mount_Bischoff). Other remote mining operations such as the [Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company](/source/Mount_Lyell_Mining_and_Railway_Company) copper mine in [Queenstown](/source/Queenstown%2C_Tasmania), and the Pioneer Tin Mining Co. in eastern Tasmania, followed soon after.[3] Facilities expanded during the twentieth century through the damming of the [Derwent](/source/River_Derwent_(Tasmania))-[Nive](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nive_River_(Tasmania)&action=edit&redlink=1), [Gordon](/source/Gordon_River)-[Pedder](/source/Lake_Pedder), Pieman, [Great Lake](/source/Great_Lake_(Tasmania))-[South Esk](/source/South_Esk_River), [King](/source/King_River_(Tasmania))-[Yolande](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yoldande_River&action=edit&redlink=1), and [Mersey](/source/Mersey_River_(Tasmania))-[Forth](/source/Forth_River_(Tasmania)) catchments for the large scale development of hydroelectricity flows.[4] The 1983 approval for the Anthony Power Development Scheme was for the construction of the Anthony Dam, the Julia Dam, the White Spur Dam, the Upper Newton Dam, and the Lower Newton Dam. The Langdon Dam was identified, the dam plinth had been cleared and work on the keyway was almost complete when finance to build the dam was withdrawn, the keyway and plinth were covered over with peat and remains there to this day.[1]: 3 At the time of the Anthony development, the Pieman Scheme was winding down and the King Scheme was in its early stages of development, from 1983 to 1992.[5] The Anthony Power Development Scheme was developed in two parts; the first development consisted of three dams: the [Henty Dam](/source/Henty_Dam) (1988), the White Spur Dam and the Newton Dam. The second development utilised the 300-metre (980 ft) fall of the Anthony River to [Lake Murchison](/source/Lake_Murchison) and was completed in March 1994 and created [Lake Plimsoll](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lake_Plimsoll&action=edit&redlink=1).[6] ## See also - [Renewable energy portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Renewable_energy) - [Australia portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Australia) - [Henty Gold Mine](/source/Henty_Gold_Mine) - [List of power stations in Tasmania](/source/List_of_power_stations_in_Tasmania) ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-cross70_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-cross70_1-1) "Anthony and King Power developments approved". *Cross Currents* (70). Hydro-Electric Commission of Tasmania. October 1983. [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0811-4803](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0811-4803). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Natural Systems Research Pty. Ltd; Tasmania. Hydro-Electric Commission (1984), *Environmental plan: Hydro-Electric Commission Tasmania, Anthony Power Development*, Natural Systems Research, [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-7246-1209-3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7246-1209-3) 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-harries_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-harries_3-1) Harries, David (March 2011). ["Hydroelectricity in Australia: past, present and future"](https://web.archive.org/web/20150706183448/http://ecogeneration.com.au/news/hydroelectricity_in_australia_past_present_and_future/055974/). *Ecogeneration*. Great Southern Press. Archived from [the original](http://ecogeneration.com.au/news/hydroelectricity_in_australia_past_present_and_future/055974/) on 6 July 2015. Retrieved 6 July 2015. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Tasmania. Hydro-Electric Commission (1992), [*Anthony Power Development: the end of an era*](http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/35199769), Hydro-Electric Commission, retrieved 21 June 2015 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Felton, Heather; Hydro Tasmania (2008), *Ticklebelly tales and other stories from the people of the Hydro*, Hydro Tasmania, p. 467, [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-646-47724-4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-646-47724-4) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** [Hydro Tasmania – Anthony Catchment](http://www.regaweb.com.au/home/Tourism+and+Recreation/Anthony+Catchment/) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20091030085055/http://www.regaweb.com.au/home/Tourism%2Band%2BRecreation/Anthony%2BCatchment/) 30 October 2009 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) ## External links - [The Pieman Catchment](https://web.archive.org/web/20041204133432/http://www.hydro.com.au/home/Tourism+and+Recreation/Pieman+Catchment/) - ["Pieman Sustainability Review: Information review of the Anthony-Pieman hydropower scheme"](https://web.archive.org/web/20150706035105/http://www.hydro.com.au/system/files/environment/141344_Hydro_-_Anthony_Pieman_Report_A4_web.pdf) (PDF). [Hydro Tasmania](/source/Hydro_Tasmania). February 2015. Archived from [the original](http://www.hydro.com.au/system/files/environment/141344_Hydro_-_Anthony_Pieman_Report_A4_web.pdf) (PDF) on 6 July 2015. Retrieved 4 July 2015. v t e Dams and reservoirs in Tasmania, Australia Central Highlands Arthurs Lake Catagunya Clark Cluny Lake Binney Lake Echo Liapootah Meadowbank Miena Pine Tier Repulse Wayatinah King Island Upper Grassy North East Briseis Cascade Clarence Curries River Duck Reach Weir Frome Monarch Mount Paris North West Guide River Henty Pet River White Spur Northern Augusta Cethana Devils Gate Ford Mackenzie Meander Paloona Parangana Rowallan Taylor No. 3 Trevally Wilmot South Craigbourne Flagstaff Gully Hall No. 2 Knights Creek Limekiln Gully Lower Reservoir Ridgeway Rileys Creek Risdon Brook Stanton South West Edgar Gordon Laughing Jack Scotts Peak Serpentine Western Anthony and levee Bastyan and levee Crotty Darwin Mackintosh Tullabardine Margaret Murchison Newton Reece Decommissioned Tolosa Park Category | List v t e Western region of Tasmania, Australia Cities and other settlements Queenstown Crotty Darwin Dundas Gormanston Guildford Linda Pillinger Regatta Point Rosebery Strahan Tullah Waratah Williamsford Zeehan Governance Braddon (federal) Braddon (state) Franklin Land District Montgomery Land District Montagu Land District West Coast Council Lyell Murchison Zeehan Mountains West Coast Range Black Darwin Dundas Heemskirk Huxley Jukes Lyell Murchison Owen Read Read Volcanics Sedgwick Sorell Strahan Zeehan Tyndall Geikie Tyndall Eldon Eldon Peak Engineer unnamed peak Raglan unnamed peak Sticht unnamed peak National parks Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area Rivers Anne Anthony Franklin Gordon Henty King Lea Mackintosh Murchison Pieman Queen Sophia Lakes Beatrice Burbury Dora Gordon Mackintosh Murchison Pieman Rosebery Westwood Dams Anthony Crotty Darwin Gordon Henty Mackintosh Tullabardine Lake Margaret Murchison Reece Power stations Anthony Power Development Bastyan Gordon John Butters Lake Margaret Mackintosh Reece Tribute Transport Anthony Road Hercules Haulage Lyell Highway Murchison Highway Queenstown Airport Strahan Airport Railways Emu Bay Macquarie Heads breakwater Melba Mount Dundas-Zeehan North East Dundas North Mount Lyell Wee Georgie Wood West Coast Wilderness Zeehan-Strahan Railway stations and former railway stations Queenstown Zeehan Landmarks Natural Birchs Inlet Cape Sorell Darwin Crater Granville Harbour Hells Gates Iron Blow Kelly Basin Linda Valley Macquarie Harbour Montezuma Falls Nelson Falls Ocean Beach Trial Harbour Man-made Cape Sorell Lighthouse Gaiety Theatre Galley Museum Paragon Theatre Queenstown Oval People of note Convicts on the West Coast Crotty Davey Gould Joyce Long Moore Pearce Piguenit Piners Sticht Whitham Mining Comstock Mine Copper Mines Henty Gold Mine Mount Jukes Mine sites Mount Lyell Mining & Railway Company Mount Lyell Remediation and Research and Demonstration Program North Mount Lyell North Mount Lyell Disaster (1912) Renison Bell Stichtite West Coast Tasmania Mines Books and newspapers For the Term of His Natural Life Gould's Book of Fish The Peaks of Lyell West Coast Miner Zeehan & Dundas Herald Other Darwin glass The Unconformity Round Earth Theatre Company Tasmanian West bioregion Western Tasmanian Football Association Western Tasmanian languages v t e Energy in Tasmania Hydroelectric Derwent Butlers Gorge Catagunya Cluny Lake Echo Liapootah Meadowbank Nieterana Repulse Tarraleah Tungatinah Wayatinah Gordon-Pedder Gordon Franklin Dam controversy Mersey-Forth Cethana Devils Gate Fisher Lemonthyme Paloona Parangana Rowallan Wilmot West Coast King John Butters Lake Margaret Pieman / Anthony Bastyan Mackintosh Reece Tribute Yingina / Great Lake Poatina Tods Corner Trevallyn Others Huntsman Decommissioned Duck Reach Moorina Waddamana Waddamana B Wind farms Granville Harbour Musselroe Woolnorth Cattle Hill Huxley Hill (King Island) Natural gas Tamar Valley Decommissioned Bell Bay Organisations Alinta Aurora Powerco Hydro Tasmania Roaring 40s TasNetworks Former Transend Networks Interconnectors Basslink Planned Marinus Link Other Office of the Tasmanian Economic Regulator 2016 Tasmanian energy crisis List of power stations in Tasmania --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Anthony Power Development](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Power_Development) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Power_Development?action=history)). 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