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THE GLUT ESCARPMENT LOG CHUTE

Location

HUTCHINGS TRACK RAGLAN, PYRENEES SHIRE

File Number

HER/2002/000212

Level

Registered

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H02020 the glut escarpment log
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H02020 the glut escarpment log

Statement of Significance

What is significant?
The Glut log chute is a rare surviving example of a log delivery system which operated during the early period of Victorian sawmilling. The chute was constructed by Charles Tunbridge around 1863 to deliver logs to his steam sawmill near Raglan, north of Beaufort. The site features the remains of a 300 metre chute formation descending steeply from the Mount Cole plateau towards Fiery Creek. The chute is 1.5 metres wide and 0.5 metres deep, carefully sited to avoid the large granite outcrops which dot the hillside.

How is it significant?
The Glut log chute is of historical and scientific significance to the State of Victoria.

Why is it significant?
The Glut log chute is historically and scientifically significant as an early and well preserved example of a nineteenth-century log delivery route. Log chutes are rare in Victoria and Tunbridge's is a substantially intact formation of its kind. The remains of the chute demonstrate the engineering required to operate in steeply forested terrain. Sawmilling in the Mount Cole area provided timber products which were crucial to the success of the local gold mining industry.

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