YARRA RIVER ENTRANCE TRAINING WALL

THE STRAND NEWPORT, HOBSONS BAY CITY

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Yarra River Entrance Training Wall Williamstown March 2003 001

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    YARRA RIVER ENTRANCE TRAINING WALL - History

    This sheet piling is shown in Cox (1894) which was geo-referenced for this study, but the eastern section appears to have been removed during widening of the river, whose current riverbank now lies 150m to the east of the piling location shown in that map. The southern extremity of the training wall appears to have been removed approx 250m south of the former Yarra River entrance embankments (H7822-0430), but a rough-cut bluestone training wall is still evident underneath a concrete wall built from the probable previous entrance of the Greenwich Ballast Wharves Harbour (H7822-0388) for a length of approx 120m southwards. This wall exhibits evidence of three square pillars that appear to have housed iron lampposts. A number of modern timber dolphin structures are still extant along this section.

    Interpretation of Site

    YARRA RIVER ENTRANCE TRAINING WALL - Interpretation of Site

    The southern extremity of the training wall appears to have been removed approx 250 m south of the former Yarra River entrance embankments (H7822-0430), but a rough-cut bluestone training wall is still evident underneath a concrete wall built from the probable previous entrance of the Greenwich Ballast Wharves Harbour (H7822-0388) for a length of approx 120 m.

    This sheet piling is shown in Cox (1894) which was geo-referenced for this study, but the eastern section appears to have been removed during widening of the river, whose current riverbank now lies 150 m to the east of the piling location shown in that map. The walls delineate the diversion of the original Yarra River Entrance. It is unclear if these are the original stuctures or later additions to them.

    Heritage Inventory Description

    YARRA RIVER ENTRANCE TRAINING WALL - Heritage Inventory Description

    A rough-cut bluestone training wall is still evident underneath a concrete wall built from the probable previous entrance of the Greenwich Ballast Wharves Harbour (H7822-0388) for a length of approx 120 m.

    Training wall, concrete wall and archaeological artefacts associated with the site's former use.

    Archeological Potential: Good- Inspected2/4/03

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