Water Pump at The Elms Mission House. Tauranga. New Zealand. - Hand Operated Water Pumps on Waymarking.com

The hand pump in the garden area in front of the bakehouse provided the water supply for the mission station until Tauranga Borough council reticulated water around the borough in the early twentieth century. The pump provides water from an underground brick water tank.

The mission house was completed in 1847 and is now listed with the NZ Historic Places Trust.
Extract from the Historic Places Trust Website: "The Elms continued to be listed as a C.M.S. station until 1883, a year before Brown's death. According to Duff Maxwell, who first visited the station as a seven year old in 1910, this land consisted of a garden area similar in size to that which remains today, though the orchard was much larger - it extended past the present Mission Street - and there were several small horse and cow paddocks bounded partly by post-and-rail fences and partly with ditch and bank and hawthorn and elderberry hedges. At this stage the original chapel was still standing alongside the belfry, and the boatshed still stood on the beach. About half-way between the mission house and Brown Street stood a rough cowbail in the remains of what had been the blacksmith's shop. The bakehouse oven still remained in the building which later became converted to the Maxwell's washhouse and additional bathroom. The underground brick water tank and pump were still used. Apart from some karaka and cabbage trees, there was a notable absence of other native trees."

Is it Working: no Nearest Address: Mission Street Tauranga., North Is. New Zealand. How to find.: Follow path through gate, past chapel sign and turn left towards small buildings. Visiting Restrictions: The gardens of the Mission House are open daily free of charge. The house and library are open on Wednesdays, Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays, between 2 and 4 pm. Does this pump have a presence on the internet?: [Web Link] Good place to park: Not Listed

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Date Logged Log   01/01/2011 Punga and Paua visited it