Manukau Timber Co. Mill site Hinge Bay
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| Manukau Timber Co. Mill site Hinge_Bay
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| Ethnicity:
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European
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| Site type:
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Saw Mill Site
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| Where:
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Hinge Bay Huia.
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| How to get there:
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Forty minutes from city, drive past Huia to the local museum. The site is a marked walk of 10 minutes from the car park. Good interpretation signs.
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| How Long to allow:
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1 hour at the site.
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Mill foundations on the foreshore
What:
Foundations of shoreline steam powered kauri timber mill from the 1890's
What else to do there:
Visit the museum (open Sunday afternoons), Huia Dam.
Web info:
Hinge Bay page on this site
http://muse.aucklandmuseum.com/databases/librarycatalogue/36019.detail
