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'''What:''' Paper mill on the site of earlier timber and then four mill. Originally water powered - a wheel pit it the most obvious feature along with the wharf alongside the river. Interpretation signs.
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'''What:''' Paper mill on the site of earlier timber and then four mill. Originally water powered - a wheel pit it the most obvious feature along with the wharf alongside the river. Interpretation signs. There are traces of the water race in private land nearby.
Where: At Riverhead on SH 18 on the west side of the river south of the highway bridge. Google Earth     
 
  
Web Info:   
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'''Web Info:''' http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-Cyc02Cycl-t1-body1-d2-d63-d4.html
  
How to get there: Take SH16 from the city (the northwest motorway) and take the turnoff to the right to Riverhead. Half an hour from Auckland
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http://www.rodney.govt.nz/DistrictTownPlanning/plans/ReserveManagement/Documents/Murray_Jones/Murray_JonesRMP_%20ADOPTED_PLAN_Oct08.pdf
  
How long to allow: 15 minutes
 
  
 
'''What else to do there:''' Wineries, country cafes, hot pools at Parakai, Helensville heritage township, Muriwai Beach (gannet colony).
 
'''What else to do there:''' Wineries, country cafes, hot pools at Parakai, Helensville heritage township, Muriwai Beach (gannet colony).

Revision as of 15:41, 28 August 2010

Riverhead Mill

SITE TO VISIT
Riverhead Mill
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Ethnicity: European
Site type: Industrial site
Where: Head of the Waitemata Harbour. At Riverhead on SH 18 on the west side of the river south of the highway bridge.
How to get there: Take SH16 from the city (the northwest motorway) and take the turnoff to the right to Riverhead. Half an hour from Auckland
How Long to allow: 15 minutes
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What: Paper mill on the site of earlier timber and then four mill. Originally water powered - a wheel pit it the most obvious feature along with the wharf alongside the river. Interpretation signs. There are traces of the water race in private land nearby.

Web Info: http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-Cyc02Cycl-t1-body1-d2-d63-d4.html

http://www.rodney.govt.nz/DistrictTownPlanning/plans/ReserveManagement/Documents/Murray_Jones/Murray_JonesRMP_%20ADOPTED_PLAN_Oct08.pdf


What else to do there: Wineries, country cafes, hot pools at Parakai, Helensville heritage township, Muriwai Beach (gannet colony).