Dam korokoro

Surprisingly there are two discontinued dams on the Korokoro stream. 

The first was built by  the old Woollen works and is the closest to the entrance

The track starts off in a fairly  open steep valley.

But eventually enters one of the oldest broad leaf forests in the south  worthy of a Lord of The Rings scene. But everyone is in too much of a hurry to notice I expect.

There must be something important happening as most are running or cycling. No finding solace in the trickle of a stream or Tui song here. 

The old Petone Water supply dam is quite impressive. In those days it never occured to the designers that gravel would wash down and fill it up in just a few years.

The old cast iron pipe is impressive too and much of it remains under and beside the track. It's a good half hour walk to the  main dam and the pipe is in cast iron sections. Hard to imagine the effort involved in carting and joining those heavy sections back in 1909; not to mention digging the track for it, sometimes out of a rock face.

I can tick that off my to do list. Didn't see any trout either.