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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.
 
'''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.
  
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'''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).
 
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Latest revision as of 13:29, 20 May 2018

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://heritageetal.blogspot.co.nz/2014/02/the-mills-at-riverhead.html


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