Milburn, New Zealand
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Milburn
Milburn is a small settlement about three kilometres north of Milton, New Zealand.
Milburn has since 2007 been home to the Otago Corrections Facility. This low to high-medium security men's prison, at the northern end of Milburn, is the largest in the Otago Region, housing up to 485 inmates and employing 201 staff.[1]
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Milburn is also locally famous for its limeworks. Many thousands of tonnes of crushed limestone are trucked out of the hills separating the Tokomairiro Plain and Lake Waihola annually to be used in fertilizers.
A large whale fossil can be found in a display at a lookout over the limeworks, Tokomairiro Plains and Lake Waihola.
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Coordinates: 46°05′S 170°00′E / 46.083°S 170°E
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