Location 406
Location #406 - Waterwheel and Californian Pump
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Cornish Point -
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Location #406 - Waterwheel and Californian Pump River terrace, Kawarau River, northern side of Cornish Point, approx 800m upstream of Cromwell.
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Interested Parties
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| 1 | 1863 | William Anderson & party. | Details |
Notes
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| Note | Date | Short Description | Note Text |
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| 3353 | 1863 | Location of the water wheel. | On the Kawarau River terrace and beach on the northern side of Cornish Point, at a place called Duffers Beach which was about 800m upstream from the town of Cromwell. |
| 3354 | 1863 | Construction notes. | The author has been unable to find any details other than that it was a water wheel driving a Californian pump, mentioned in the papers of the mining surveyor Mr J.J.Coates published in 1865. See also locations #388 and #389. |
| 3355 | 1863 | General notes. | In July of 1863 Dr. James Corse, Horn and party were mining at Quartz Reef point above Cromwell on the Clutha River. They were using a 12 ft (3.6m) overshot water wheel driving a Californian pump to keep their claim free of water. This machine was built by a Cromwell carpenter, Mr William Grant, and was known as the 'Pride of the Clutha'. The Anderson & party machine may have been similar to the 'Pride of the Clutha'. |
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