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The museum has a great collection of documents, photographs, objects and models illustrating Waihi's mining heritage. | The museum has a great collection of documents, photographs, objects and models illustrating Waihi's mining heritage. | ||
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| + | The former cornish pumphouse which dewatered the original underground mines can be seen in the town, recently relocated to a site safe from mining subsidence. | ||
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| + | See [[UnionHillWaihi|Union Hill Waihi]] on this site. | ||
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Revision as of 08:44, 6 June 2008
Waihi Gold Mining Museum and Art Gallery
54 Kenny St Waihi
The Waihi district and particularly the Martha Mine was a major centre of industry in New Zealand. Mining still continues there today but open cast rather than underground mining.
The museum has a great collection of documents, photographs, objects and models illustrating Waihi's mining heritage.
The former cornish pumphouse which dewatered the original underground mines can be seen in the town, recently relocated to a site safe from mining subsidence.
See Union Hill Waihi on this site.
<googlemap lat="-37.390141" lon="175.841031" zoom="15"> -37.393491, 175.840366, Museum -37.387558, 175.845044, Former location pumphouse -37.386117, 175.841718, Modern mine </googlemap>
