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| Thread ID: 87159 | 2008-02-10 22:15:00 | Thank You Max Smith | Greven (91) | PC World Chat |
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| 639254 | 2008-02-10 22:15:00 | I'm just back from a weekend at Twizel, and now I see why my coach loves it so much. It has the only straight 2k rowing course I have ever been on & the water is almost always completely still. While I was up there, I heard the story of how Lake Ruataniwha came to be, and I take my hat off to Max Smith. Part of the requirements for building the hydro dam was that they create a recreation area, and Max Smith (the engineer in charge of the project) decided that the proposed size of the lake would fit an international rowing course. There was a hill beside where the lake was going that Max decided had to go because it would cause turbulence on the water, and he recorded the millions of dollars required to do so as "shoreline redevelopment" or something like that. He took a golden handshake when his superiors found out at the end of the project. |
Greven (91) | ||
| 639255 | 2008-02-10 22:22:00 | Nice thought Greven..... Further info www.travelintelligence.com Project engineer Max Smith bequeathed the town a world-class rowing course on Lake Ruataniwha and thus ensured its future as well as sealing his own fate since it wasn’t done with Wellington’s approval. He lost his job but who cares now? Max is a life member of the South Island Rowing Association and the lake regularly hosts national rowing championships as well as secondary school championships. |
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| 639256 | 2008-02-11 01:06:00 | Go Max, we need more people like him! I've been up there and its absolutely beautiful. | beeswax34 (63) | ||
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