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Manukau Timber Company, Huia. The company went into liquidation in 1895, with their timber rights taken over by Mander & Bradley.

"View of the Manukau Timber Companys mill at Huia, Manukau Harbour. Photographed by Edward Le Grice sometime between 1888 and 1922." Ref: PAColl-0398-14. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22835710

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A friend of mine was park ranger at Karekare Beach many years ago. We used to tear around tracks in a Land Rover repeatedly breaking wing mirrors. However I seem to recall the remains of a rail track used to carry kauri logs on the edge of the beach. Probably ran all the way to the mill in your photo at Huia..

Yep it did. Pretty good photo here 

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Originally posted by Mr Moritz Mr Moritz wrote:

A friend of mine was park ranger at Karekare Beach many years ago. We used to tear around tracks in a Land Rover repeatedly breaking wing mirrors. However I seem to recall the remains of a rail track used to carry kauri logs on the edge of the beach. Probably ran all the way to the mill in your photo at Huia..


Yep it did. Pretty good photo here 


Another good picture. The railway only ran as far as wharf at Whatipu . You can see remnants of the tracks in the dunes at Whatipu.
The mills in Huia, Hinge bay etc had wharfs, quite a few in the harbour in those days .
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Originally posted by Legacy Legacy wrote:

Originally posted by Mr Moritz Mr Moritz wrote:

A friend of mine was park ranger at Karekare Beach many years ago. We used to tear around tracks in a Land Rover repeatedly breaking wing mirrors. However I seem to recall the remains of a rail track used to carry kauri logs on the edge of the beach. Probably ran all the way to the mill in your photo at Huia..


Yep it did. Pretty good photo here 


Another good picture. The railway only ran as far as wharf at Whatipu . You can see remnants of the tracks in the dunes at Whatipu.
The mills in Huia, Hinge bay etc had wharfs, quite a few in the harbour in those days .

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Originally posted by Mr Moritz Mr Moritz wrote:

Originally posted by Legacy Legacy wrote:

Originally posted by Mr Moritz Mr Moritz wrote:

A friend of mine was park ranger at Karekare Beach many years ago. We used to tear around tracks in a Land Rover repeatedly breaking wing mirrors. However I seem to recall the remains of a rail track used to carry kauri logs on the edge of the beach. Probably ran all the way to the mill in your photo at Huia..


Yep it did. Pretty good photo here 


Another good picture. The railway only ran as far as wharf at Whatipu . You can see remnants of the tracks in the dunes at Whatipu.
The mills in Huia, Hinge bay etc had wharfs, quite a few in the harbour in those days .


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I think the railway track did run around to little huia to whatipu I remember seeing what was left of it when we used to walk around to destruction gully as kids.
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I think you'll find that ther were a number of lines.
One that ran down the west coast from piha to whatipu.

Of course there was the whatipu cave which was turned into a dance hall?
Don't remember one from whatipu to little hula.
The dams at huia were the main movement downstream to big huia.
The cargo and passenger wharf was at whatipu.
Barges were well used.
The coast from little huia to around pupunga and back to Cornwallis was well used for carrying the kauri which was the only currency besides a small amount of gum.
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If you are able to find it Early Manukau , secrets of yesterday by George Higham is an interesting read . Plenty of pics of the old wharves and tram lines .

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Early Manukau : secrets of yesterday / by George Higham
Bib ID1273143
FormatBookBook
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Higham, George, 1913-
 
DescriptionPapakura, N.Z. : G. Higham, 1990 
64 p., [24] p. of plates : ill., facsims., maps, ports. ; 22 cm. 
ISBN0473010720 (paperback)
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Ill. on inside front cover ; port. on inside back cover.

Available from G. Higham, 12 Renwick St., Papakura, Auckland, N.Z.

SubjectsHigham, George, 1913-  |  Men -- New Zealand -- Biography.  |  Waitakere (N.Z.) -- History.
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Hard days, the lower dam was built early 70s we used to play there as kids while they were building it. There was definitely Reminants of rail track’s at distruction gully might have run back to whatipu we used to climb up to them. Distruction gully is where the old wharf ran out from. A lot of the posts and rusty metal was still there then. There was also the hms Orpheus that sunk there in the 1800s. Very interesting place. Love the west coast

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