HOVELLS CREEK BRIDGE ABUTMENT, GEELONG RAILWAY LINE

RAILWAY LINE HOVELLS CREEK LARA, GREATER GEELONG CITY

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    HOVELLS CREEK BRIDGE ABUTMENT, GEELONG RAILWAY LINE - History

    GEELONG RAILWAY LINE WAS THE FIRST TO BE CONSTRUCTED IN VICTORIA BY THE GEELONG & MELBOURNE RAILWAY CO AND IN OPERATION AFTER 1857. ALSO THE ORIGINAL ROUTE TO BALLARAT THE RAILWAY WAS RECONSTRUCTED DURING THE 1870S AND UPGRADED SEVERAL TIMES AFTER THAT. (CEKALOVIC, 2002:54) (WAREL & ASSOC, 1982:157)

    Interpretation of Site

    HOVELLS CREEK BRIDGE ABUTMENT, GEELONG RAILWAY LINE - Interpretation of Site

    THIS SITE COMPRISES THE REMAINS OF THE ORIGINAL RAIL BRIDGE ACROSS HOVELLS CREEK DATING FROM 1850S.

    Heritage Inventory Description

    HOVELLS CREEK BRIDGE ABUTMENT, GEELONG RAILWAY LINE - Heritage Inventory Description

    BLUESTONE BRIDGE ABUTMENT LOCATED ON THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE RAILWAY RESERVE, SEPARATE FORM THE EXISTING BRIDGES. NO CORRESPONDING ABUTMENT REMAINING ON THE OPPOSITE BANK. BASALT QUARRY TO THE NORTH OF THE RAILWAY COULD BE THE POSSIBLE SOURCE OF MATERIAL FOR THE BRIDGE.

    BLUESTONE BRIDGE ABUTMENT CONSISTS OF WALL FRONTING HOVELLS CREEK AND ONE WING OF THE ABUTMENT. NO CORRESPONDING ABUTMENT REMAINING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CREEK.

    Physical Conditions: POOR

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