It is designated as a category one structure by the historic places trust, and celebrated its 100th year in 2014. Check out updated best hotels & restaurants near hawera water tower. Date highest rated lowest rated most helpful.
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The water tower tanks were drained in 1964.
Review, rating hawera water tower 496 likes · 15 talking about this · 227 were here. Visitors need to go to the town information centre where they can get a key for a small payment to access the tower. Hawera water tower travelers' reviews, business hours, introduction, open hours.
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On the 2nd of october 1912 mr gillies was able to announce that the building of a water tower was to go ahead on the chosen site and almost immediately the borough engineer mr jc cameron with the assistance of the borough council staff set about putting the concrete groundwork in place. This place has been recognised by heritage new zealand as a category 1 historic place (list no. One of the country’s most impressive concrete structures, the hawera water tower was built in 1913 to provide water pressure and sufficient water for fire fighting on the flat plain where the town is built. Hawera water tower reviews 10.
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View all hotels near hawera water tower on tripadvisor My favourite part was that every person who had been here had left their mark in the form of. At hawera a/g we are passionate about following jesus and learning to. Mr badger's cafe at tawhiti museum.
Who needs an eiffel tower and masses of tourists when you have the hawera water tower to climb instead.
By 1943 the town was using all the water collected every 24 hours. Huge blazes destroyed parts of the town in 1884, 1895, and 1912. The hawera water tower dominates the urban landscape and provides a central landmark and navigation point for visitors to the town. Hawera a/g church, hawera, new zealand.
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It's height, 54 metres (168 feet), is such that it has a light on top to warn planes. The water tower and surrounding buildings, including the taranaki stables building, hawera, circa 1915. View all hotels near hawera water tower on tripadvisor You know the place is world famous when new zealand in 1982 made hawera water tower + cow into a postage stamp
I found this tower to be industrial yet beautiful, its subtle ways of turning even concrete to a exquisite artwork is more than alluring.
Hawera water tower is located in hawera. As hawera's population increased, the demand for water grew. It may be the best $2.50 you will ever spend. New zealand heritage list/rarangi korero information.
Climb the 215 steps of the 55 metre tower to get a stunning view of the town and surroundings.
To cope with the demand, a new reservoir was established in 1948. The name ‘ hāwera ’ means 'the burnt place' or 'breath of fire', which is particularly significant because hāwera has a history of devastating fires. Pop into the isite and pay/collect the key. (0.19 km) hawera central motor lodge (0.17 km) white hart hotel (0.53 km) avon motel (1.11 km) tairoa lodge & cottage (1.44 km) the park motel;
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Hawera water tower is just one of the many highlights you can arrange to see using our , online itinerary creator edition. After several fires which badly affected hāwera, the borough’s insurance underwriters demanded that a water tower be built to provide a reservoir of water for firefighting. Designed by borough engineer j. Check out hawera water tower by gorilla punch radio on amazon music.
For $2.50 you can climb the tower.
Water consumption continued to rise and the reservoir was extended in 1958, rendering the water tower obsolete. It’s colossal, rises above the small town imposing its presence and is definitely not crowded with visitors.
