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RAILWAY CULVERT
STATION ROAD, OAK PARK, MORELAND CITY

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Railway culvert, Station Street
Railway culvert, Station Street
Railway culvert, Station Street
CULVERT
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Statement of Significance

What is significant?
The brick-lined circular culvert, constructed c.1872 or c.1885, under the North-Eastern Railway opposite Strachan Street, between Station Road and Waterloo Road, Oak Park.

Non-original alterations or addtions including the bluestone and concrete drain between the railway embankment and Station Road are not significant.

How is it significant?
The brick-lined circular culvert is of local historic significance to Moreland City.

Why is it significant?
It is historically significant for its association with the establishment and development of the North-Eastern railway and provides tangible evidence of the establishment of railway network in Moreland during the late nineteenth century.The significance oftheculvert is enhanced by its rarity value asthe only known example in Moreland City and as perhaps the only built structure along the North-Eastern railway to survive from the nineteenth century.(Criteria A & B)

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    • Physical Description 1

      RAILWAY CULVERT - Physical Description 1

      This is a brick-lined barrel or circular culvert or drain, probably dating from the late nineteenth century, that passes under the North-Eastern Railway, which is situated almost directly opposite the intersection of Strachan Street and Station Road, Oak Park, a few hundred metres to the north of Oak Park Station. The drain is about 3 feet in diameter and is lined with a double row of bricks. The west side opening facing Station Street has brick facing with rough-hewn bluestone coping. On the west side it empties into an open channel lined with concrete and bluestone, which is of more recent construction.

      Heritage Study and Grading

      Heritage Study and Grading

      Moreland - City of Moreland - North of Bell Street Heritage Study

      Author: Context Pty Ltd
      Year: 2013
      Grading: Local

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