I was there from 1990, I witnessed the filling of the lake. My father lived at Northburn until he was forced to find new accommodations due to the filling of the lake.
For anyone who may be curious... The car which can be seen submerged on the Lowburn Bridge, appears to be a Vauxhall Cresta PC series. And it looks to be the PCS model, which were built in New Zealand from 1966 to 1971 :
Imagine if they had to lower the lake down to the point where you could clearly see the bridges from the surface, or if the lake had to be drained for a while and the bridges are exposed
What about that wee gold miners stone hut? would be half way almost between Cromwell and the dam! on the Westen side of the Gorge. Watched it go under! Still had windows and the door!
@@kanebeale8443 hahaha - nah - that "new bridge' is about two kms upriver from the old iron bridge - at Dead Man's Point (literally now as a young Cromwell man drove his car at speed over it one night and slammed into the rockwall of that towering hill. "killing himself" - hence it truly is - dead man's "point") . The old Cromwell bridge is well marked, by accessing the viewing carpark area opposite Cornish Point, the spit of land that forms the place where the Kawarau river merges with the Clutha river, immediately south of the actual (remaining) area of town. re: The Bruce Jackson Lookout. It overlooks the marker buoy of the old iron road bridge (under the lake) at: -45.0510263627655, 169.21262826136672 www.google.com/maps/@-45.0508179,169.2119255,315m/data=!3m1!1e3 Whereas Lowburn Bridge is way deeper under lake water - as it was only a few feet above the river (as a single lane low level bridge - near Lowburn Pub). The nearer western side new high level bridge in that Lowburn area - (EAST of the Pisa Range - is across a small inlet (not even across the dam itself) at: geo0.ggpht.com/cbk?cb_client=maps_sv.tactile&authuser=0&hl=en&gl=nz&output=thumbnail&thumb=2&w=345&h=170&pitch=1.8439654548400881&ll=-45.00527585566557%2C169.2155519630309&panoid=UbJomXcJFNvgh4xZGFF5Xw&yaw=51.965018131007255
Oh - so you be NOT lazy - and just walk across it - (like I did back in the 1970's long before it became another Titanic = rusty wreck)..? Yeah - like to see you WALK across that bridge now - without scuba gear.
I would SWIM it. Without using an underwater scooter or what ever the hell those things are called. My comment was 8 years old yet you come out trying to be a hero? What a clown
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B. Dennis. M. Skinner. and F. Wilson. we were the last people to stand on the Lowburn bridge. We stayed on the bridge until it was under water
I was there from 1990, I witnessed the filling of the lake. My father lived at Northburn until he was forced to find new accommodations due to the filling of the lake.
For anyone who may be curious... The car which can be seen submerged on the Lowburn Bridge, appears to be a Vauxhall Cresta PC series. And it looks to be the PCS model, which were built in New Zealand from 1966 to 1971 :
Not an EIP.. :(
Best place for it.
Thanks for this footage. The submerged bridge at Cromwell was built in 1891, but made use of the masonry from the 1860s bridge that it replaced.
I was amazed the car still on the Lowburn Bridge!
Great video, never knew about these bridges! Would love to freedive them one day!
Imagine if they had to lower the lake down to the point where you could clearly see the bridges from the surface, or if the lake had to be drained for a while and the bridges are exposed
Thats pretty awesome!!!!
awesome vid man! I knew they were still there
What about that wee gold miners stone hut? would be half way almost between Cromwell and the dam! on the Westen side of the Gorge. Watched it go under! Still had windows and the door!
The Lowburn Bridge was completed in 1938.
wow !!
also whats that song? its chill as!
fuckin brilliant vid! how deep are the bridges underwater? have you guys got footage of the old town?
awesome video mate. anyone know what make the car is?
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man thats awesome ive always wanted to do that, how deep did you guys go down?
The Cromwell bridge is sitting in 10 meters at the top down to about 35m to the bottom of the old riverbed
I jump off this bridge the actual one
Hey does anyone know where in Lake Dunstan this bridge is? Curious as i want to try dive it some day
Come to Cromwell in New Zealand (Zeadia Tours)
You go up towards pisa and you will pass over a bridge that should be it
@@kanebeale8443 hahaha - nah - that "new bridge' is about two kms upriver from the old iron bridge - at Dead Man's Point (literally now as a young Cromwell man drove his car at speed over it one night and slammed into the rockwall of that towering hill. "killing himself" - hence it truly is - dead man's "point")
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The old Cromwell bridge is well marked, by accessing the viewing carpark area opposite Cornish Point, the spit of land that forms the place where the Kawarau river merges with the Clutha river, immediately south of the actual (remaining) area of town.
re:
The Bruce Jackson Lookout.
It overlooks the marker buoy of the old iron road bridge (under the lake) at:
-45.0510263627655, 169.21262826136672
www.google.com/maps/@-45.0508179,169.2119255,315m/data=!3m1!1e3
Whereas Lowburn Bridge is way deeper under lake water - as it was only a few feet above the river (as a single lane low level bridge - near Lowburn Pub).
The nearer western side new high level bridge in that Lowburn area - (EAST of the Pisa Range - is across a small inlet (not even across the dam itself) at:
geo0.ggpht.com/cbk?cb_client=maps_sv.tactile&authuser=0&hl=en&gl=nz&output=thumbnail&thumb=2&w=345&h=170&pitch=1.8439654548400881&ll=-45.00527585566557%2C169.2155519630309&panoid=UbJomXcJFNvgh4xZGFF5Xw&yaw=51.965018131007255
I jump off Lowburn bridge
vauxhall victor.
Vauxhall Cresta.
lazy man diving lol
Oh - so you be NOT lazy - and just walk across it - (like I did back in the 1970's long before it became another Titanic = rusty wreck)..?
Yeah - like to see you WALK across that bridge now - without scuba gear.
I would SWIM it. Without using an underwater scooter or what ever the hell those things are called. My comment was 8 years old yet you come out trying to be a hero? What a clown