DUNNSTOWN RAILWAY SIDING

OLD DUNNSTOWN-YENDON ROAD DUNNSTOWN, MOORABOOL SHIRE

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    DUNNSTOWN RAILWAY SIDING - History

    THE BALLARAT LINE WAS CONSTRUCTED DURING THE 1880S AS PART OF A NEW MELBOURNE TO ADELAIDE RAILWAY AND OPENED IN 1889. (CEKLOVIC 2002:28)

    Interpretation of Site

    DUNNSTOWN RAILWAY SIDING - Interpretation of Site

    At the end of the railway siding is a narrow platform that is probably a stock loading ramp.

    Heritage Inventory Description

    DUNNSTOWN RAILWAY SIDING - Heritage Inventory Description

    Remains of a railway siding and ramp at Dunnstown on the Melbourne to Ballarat line.

    The siding consists of a shallow cut and embankment on the south side of the rail line and terminates in a narrow platform, possibly a stock ramp. There is some ballast remaining on the surface of the embankment but no sleepers. The stock-ramp is an earth mound reinforced with timber and concrete buttresses.

    Physical Conditions:

    Poor.

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