Wilsons Mill, Kaiapoi, New Zealand 🌍


Kaiapoi (#nzstone17)

(-43.3755,172.611)
Wilsons Mill:

Arranged as a memorial millstone, and a plaque, commemorating Isaac Wilson.

Signboard says:
Wilsons Siding
Isaac Wilson 1840-1912

1870 - Isaac Wilson milled flax on the south bank of Ohoka stream
1872 - He built a flourmill there
1876 - To serve his mill he had a private railway siding from the Kaiapoi-Eyreton line

Erected by The Eyre County Council and his youngest son, Alan.
Unveiled by John E Horrell, J.P, Q.S.M, 12th March 1987
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