Brunner Mine site
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Brunner Mine site is a historic coal mining and industrial heritage area on New Zealand’s West Coast, known for its preserved ruins and memorials to one of the country’s worst mining disasters.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
coal mine
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historic site ⓘ industrial heritage site ⓘ |
| country | New Zealand ⓘ |
| disasterCause | methane gas and coal dust explosion ⓘ |
| disasterDate | 26 March 1896 ⓘ |
| distanceFrom | about 11 km east of Greymouth ⓘ |
| hasAccess | State Highway 7 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
beehive coke ovens
ⓘ
boiler house remains ⓘ brickworks ruins ⓘ cemetery with miners’ graves ⓘ coke ovens ⓘ information panels ⓘ interpretive walking tracks ⓘ memorials ⓘ railway formations ⓘ |
| hasHeritageStatus | Category 1 historic place ⓘ |
| hasInterpretationTheme |
coal mining technology
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life in a 19th-century mining community ⓘ mining disasters and safety ⓘ |
| hasManagementPlan | conservation and interpretation of industrial heritage ⓘ |
| hasStructure | Brunner suspension bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasUse |
commemoration
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education ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| hasView | Grey River valley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWalkingTrackLength | approximately 2 km (loop including bridge) ⓘ |
| heritageRegister | New Zealand Heritage List NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| industry | coal mining ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Brunner Mine disaster
NERFINISHED
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one of New Zealand’s worst mining disasters ⓘ preserved industrial archaeology ⓘ |
| locatedIn | West Coast, South Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | banks of the Grey River ⓘ |
| memorialType |
disaster memorial plaques
ⓘ
miners’ memorial ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Eugene Brunner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| near | Greymouth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfDeathsInDisaster | 65 ⓘ |
| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| operator | Department of Conservation (New Zealand) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | West Coast coalfields NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| periodOfOperation | 19th century ⓘ |
| primaryProduct | bituminous coal ⓘ |
| region | West Coast Region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significance |
important site in New Zealand labour and mining history
ⓘ
major early coal mining centre in New Zealand ⓘ |
| tourismCategory | heritage tourism attraction ⓘ |
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