The Pumphouse ruins on
Kawau Island
Kawau Island is in the Hauraki Gulf, close to the north-eastern coast of the North Island of New Zealand. It is named after the Māori word for the shag.At its closest point it lies off the coast of the Northland Peninsula, just south of Tā ...
, New Zealand, belong to the copper mine established in 1844. The mine had ongoing problems, including legal, mismanagement, and flooding. To address the latter issue, a pumphouse was built in 1854.
The ruins were registered by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust (now called
Heritage New Zealand
Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga (initially the National Historic Places Trust and then, from 1963 to 2014, the New Zealand Historic Places Trust; in ) is a Crown entity that advocates for the protection of Archaeology of New Zealand, ancest ...
) on 23 June 1983 with registration number 9. The ruins have a category I listing.
Gallery
Boiler remains at copper mine site on Kawau Island.jpg, Boiler remains at copper mine site on Kawau Island
Old engine house, at the copper mine, 49553-a.jpg, 1900 photograph of the pumphouse
Copper mine engine house ruins on Kawau Island.jpg, Close-up view of the Pumphouse ruins, seen in 2024
References
External links
Rodney Local Board Area
Industrial buildings in New Zealand
Kawau Island
Heritage New Zealand Category 1 historic places in the Auckland Region
Ruins in New Zealand
1850s architecture in New Zealand
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