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Manukau Timber Co. Mill site Hinge Bay
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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. |
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<googlemap lat="-37.007179" lon="174.563549" zoom="17"> -37.006657, 174.56416, Sawmill site -37.007539, 174.563785, Wharf site -37.007556, 174.563141, Mill manager's house</googlemap>
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:
http://muse.aucklandmuseum.com/databases/librarycatalogue/36019.detail
