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Ellerslie Bridge
Hopkins Highway,, ELLERSLIE VIC 3265 - Property No B6521
Ellerslie Bridge
Hopkins Highway,, ELLERSLIE VIC 3265 - Property No B6521
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B6521 Ellerslie Bridge
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Statement of Significance
The timber, bluestone and cast -iron bridge over the Hopkins River at Ellerslie is of State historical, technical and aesthetic significance on the following grounds:
-opened in 1867, it is the oldest known surviving timber girder bridge in Victoria;
-its aesthetic quality, both of the structure itself, which was remarked upon at the time of its opening, and of its attractive rural setting;
-it is one of only 32 known combination girder and masonry birdges, only four of which date from pre 1901; it has the best stone abutments known to survive on a timber bridge in Victoria;
-its other engineering features which include:
*it is one of only ten timber girder bridges which have spans of more than 9.0m;
*its maximum span length of 9.8m is the longest confirmed timber girder span in the State;
*its overall size, there being only ten known timber girders with more spans;
*its extremely high level on intactness, in terms of overall design, span condition and detailing;
-it has several features of craftsmanship and design which may be unique, including the tapered and round-end corbels, the moulded softwood hand-railings, the rounded end finishes of the cross braces and walers, and its two timber piers with masonry footings;
-its masonry finishes are of an extremely high quality; similar incorporation of cast-iron panels in the abutments is known in only one other case;
-the very high overall quality of its dedign by accomplished architect A Kerr and its construction under the supervision of carpenter-mason J A Stone. It incorporates a slight skew and mixture of foundation types;
-its situation on a main raod in the Western District, and relationship to a sequence of similar masonry and timber bridges which once existed at places such as Inverleigh, Lismore, Darlingron and Chatsworth;
-its relationship to the original ford which survives under the bridge, and the new reinforced concrete bridge, which constitutes a complete sequence of the crossing places at Ellerslie;
-its relationship to the developemt of the town of Ellerslie, and to the development and consolidation of the Western District road newtowk in the post gold-rush era.
Classified: 14/09/1994
-opened in 1867, it is the oldest known surviving timber girder bridge in Victoria;
-its aesthetic quality, both of the structure itself, which was remarked upon at the time of its opening, and of its attractive rural setting;
-it is one of only 32 known combination girder and masonry birdges, only four of which date from pre 1901; it has the best stone abutments known to survive on a timber bridge in Victoria;
-its other engineering features which include:
*it is one of only ten timber girder bridges which have spans of more than 9.0m;
*its maximum span length of 9.8m is the longest confirmed timber girder span in the State;
*its overall size, there being only ten known timber girders with more spans;
*its extremely high level on intactness, in terms of overall design, span condition and detailing;
-it has several features of craftsmanship and design which may be unique, including the tapered and round-end corbels, the moulded softwood hand-railings, the rounded end finishes of the cross braces and walers, and its two timber piers with masonry footings;
-its masonry finishes are of an extremely high quality; similar incorporation of cast-iron panels in the abutments is known in only one other case;
-the very high overall quality of its dedign by accomplished architect A Kerr and its construction under the supervision of carpenter-mason J A Stone. It incorporates a slight skew and mixture of foundation types;
-its situation on a main raod in the Western District, and relationship to a sequence of similar masonry and timber bridges which once existed at places such as Inverleigh, Lismore, Darlingron and Chatsworth;
-its relationship to the original ford which survives under the bridge, and the new reinforced concrete bridge, which constitutes a complete sequence of the crossing places at Ellerslie;
-its relationship to the developemt of the town of Ellerslie, and to the development and consolidation of the Western District road newtowk in the post gold-rush era.
Classified: 14/09/1994
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