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KINNEARS ROPEWORKS - GEELONG
95-103 PAKINGTON STREET AND 9 SCARLETT STREET GEELONG WEST, GREATER GEELONG CITY

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Statement of Significance

High local or state significance.

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    • History

      KINNEARS ROPEWORKS - GEELONG - History

      MICHAEL DONAGHY ESTABLISHED A ROPEWORKS IN 1852 AT IRISHTOWN, CHIDWELL. THE FACTORY COMPRISED A ROPEWALK, SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET IN LENGTH. THE BUSINESS WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL AND IN 1873 HE BOUGHT LAND AT GEELONG WEST FACING PAKINGTON STREET AND BUILT UP A NEW AND BIGGER ROPEWORKS - NAMED OLE FAIRVIEW ROPEWORKS. A LONG SHED FOR A ROPE WALK WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1900. SOME REDEVELOPMENT TOOK PLACE IN THE MID-20TH CENTURY. GEORGE KINNEAR AND SONS PURCHASED THE SITE IN THE 1970S.

      Interpretation of Site

      KINNEARS ROPEWORKS - GEELONG - Interpretation of Site

      Industrial complex important to the development and prosperity of Geelong. Some unique elements already recognised for cultural, historical significance. Archaeological potential for footings and deposits in vacant areas from the ropeworks period and possibly earlier. Also potential for under-floor deposits below ropewalk and canteen.

      Heritage Inventory Description

      KINNEARS ROPEWORKS - GEELONG - Heritage Inventory Description

      Ropeworks factory spead over 200 x 140 metres. Older buildings date from the late 19th - early 20th Century. A significant feature is the ropewalk - approx 6metres wide x 412metres long. This is a timber framed, corrugated iron structure with a series of rails along which machinery travelled. The original machinery still in place.

      Heritage Inventory Significance: State

      Standing structures: ropewalk, canteen, substation & warehouse. Bluestone footing along boundary with Pakington Street. Vacant land where building once stood (archaeological potential).

      Recorded by: Jane Harrington Date Recorded: 00NOV1995

      Recorded by: TerraCulture Date Recorded: 2004

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