Riverhead Mill
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| Riverhead Mill
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| Ethnicity:
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European
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| Site type:
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Industrial site
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| Where:
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Head of the Waitemata Harbour. At Riverhead on SH 18 on the west side of the river south of the highway bridge.
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| How to get there:
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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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| How Long to allow:
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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).
