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Revision as of 20:59, 3 January 2011

Manukau Timber Co. Mill site Hinge Bay

SITE TO VISIT
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Ethnicity: European
Site type: Saw Mill Site
Where: Hinge Bay Huia.
How to get there: 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.
How Long to allow: 1 hour at the site.
Disclaimer

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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:

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