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Spotswood Railway Signal Box
LocationJunction of Hall Street and Hope Street and Hudson Road SPOTSWOOD, Hobsons Bay City LevelIncl in HO area contributory |
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Statement of Significance
What is Significant?
The Spotswood Railway Signal Box, designed by the Victorian Railways and constructed by FE Shillabeer in 1912, at the junction of Hall and Hope Streets and Hudson Road, Spotswood. The Spotswood Railway Signal Box is of local historic and aesthetic significance to the City of Hobsons Bay. Historically, it is significant as the only early signal box remaining on this section of the Williamstown line and it illustrates the technological changes to the railway system when it was rebuilt early this century during a period of great industrial residential and commercial expansion in the municipality and region. It also provides evidence of the role of Spotswood as a key junction where branch lines to the nearby industrial areas and wharves connected to the main railway. It also has associations with the important railway-engineering firm of McKenzie & Holland, whose factory was located nearby in South Kingsville. (AHC criterion A4, B2, D2 and H1) Aesthetically, it is significant as an important contributory element to the Spotswood Station complex, which is related to the other buildings and is a minor landmark within the Spotswood area. (AHC criteria E1)
Group
Transport - Rail
Category
Signal Box