MARIBYRNONG PERMACITE AND CLAY POTTERIES WHARF

2-4 BURTON CRESENT MARIBYRNONG, MARIBYRNONG CITY

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Victorian Heritage Inventory

Maribyrnong Permacite And Clay Potteries Wharf Maribyrnong May 2003 001

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    MARIBYRNONG PERMACITE AND CLAY POTTERIES WHARF - History

    The Burton Cresent Reserve (Maribyrnong) was the former site of a ceramic insulator factory, the Maribyrnong Permacite and Clay Potteries, which made heavy pottery ware such as beakers, jugs and insulators in the early 1900's. The factory was said to have first manufactured heavy drinking containers during the First World War, and raw materials for the pottery were obtained further upstream from the old sandpits and near Steel's Creek. A concrete wharf was located on the riverbank for loading lighterage barges to transport product to Melbourne.

    Interpretation of Site

    MARIBYRNONG PERMACITE AND CLAY POTTERIES WHARF - Interpretation of Site

    A raised concrete lip on the wharf's edge contains evidence of eight iron pipes probably used as a later handrail addition. Four dolphin piles approx 5m to the east of the wharf are later additions which were installed in the 1980s and was used when larger flat bottomed vessels could be navigated up to this point and used the wharf to offload (Somerville, pers comms). This is the only example of a former ceramic factory wharf, and the only extant example of a barge wharf and associated dolphins in the river.

    Heritage Inventory Description

    MARIBYRNONG PERMACITE AND CLAY POTTERIES WHARF - Heritage Inventory Description

    The concrete structure stands approx 3 m above the high tide mark. Itis3 m wide and 37 m long and has a concrete capped wharf area for loading goods. The four dolphin piles, approx 5 m to the east of the wharf, are later additions which were installed in the 1980's.

    Concrete wharf, possible archaeological deposits associated with wharf use.

    Archeological Potential: Excellent

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