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Mount Egmont, Taranaki.

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Date

[1864-65]

Artist

Edward Arthur Williams (1822-1898)

Collection

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image Link

https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22362642

Description

Shows a view upstream towards Mount Taranaki shown in haze in the distance. In the foreground a footbridge crosses the stream, and there is a sawmill driven by a waterwheel, at the left end of the bridge. One man crosses the bridge, and several men work around the sawmill, amongst sawn timber. The terrain on the right bank has tree ferns growing on it.

Ron Lambert of Taranaki Museum, believes this is the Alpha Mill, which started as a flour mill in 1844, and converted to a timber mill in the 1860s, and then to a bone/saw mill in about 1871. The position of its wheel at right angles to the stream was confirmed by excavation in 1986, although this picture does not show this position clearly. (See AT 13/14/1, 14.5.1997).

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Image Credit

Alexander Turnbull Library

Location

Huatoki Stream, New Zealand

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Rivers
Bridges
Mountains
Mills

Category

Landscapes & Seascapes

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