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Black Arch rail bridge
Sunshine Road, SUNSHINE VIC 3020 - Property No 27

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2023 - Brimbank City Council Post-contact Cultural Heritage Study 1997

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Statement of Significance

One of the most intact and least-modified early bluestone railway bridges in the region and part of the first major Government railway line. The distinctive stone work demonstrates the engineering and stonemasonry skills of the period while its setting allows the visual impact to be fully appreciated, but unfortunately, only from the south side.

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- Physical Description 1
  
  Black Arch rail bridge - Physical Description 1
  
  Description
  Rusticated rock-faced bluestone single arch rail bridge with raised keystone and drafted string courses at the footings, the springing of the arch and the base of the parapet. Pilasters frame the semi-circular arch. Curved wing walls have recent concrete extensions and the original cobbled creek bed has been concreted in part. The bridge has been reinforced with sections of rail attached with tension bolts through the stonework. Additional tracks constructed in the 1960s are carried on a higher embankment with a concrete lined tunnel immediately to the north.
  
  Physical Conditions
  
  Black Arch rail bridge - Physical Conditions
  
  Condition/integrity
  Good, although rail lines used as bracing are intrusive. Some graffiti.
  
  Historical Australian Themes
  
  Black Arch rail bridge - Historical Australian Themes
  
  3 Developing local, regional and national economies
  3.8 Moving goods and people
  
  Heritage Study and Grading
  
  Heritage Study and Grading
  
  Brimbank - Brimbank City Council Post-contact Cultural Heritage Study
  
  Author: G. Vines
  Year: 2000
  Grading: State
  
  Brimbank - Melbourne Western Region Industrial Heritage Study
  
  Author: G. Vines & A. Ward
  Year: 1989
  Grading:
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