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HOLMES ROAD MAIN DRAIN OUTLET
LocationTHE BOULEVARD, ABERFELDIE and HOLMES ROAD, MOONEE PONDS, MOONEE VALLEY CITY LevelIncluded in Heritage Overlay |
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Statement of Significance
What is significant?
How is it significant?
Why is it significant? It is of aesthetic significance for the fine quality of the stonework
and brickwork used in its construction. (Criterion E)
The Holmes Road Main Drain Outlet, constructed c.1895, and
situated at the end of Holmes Road where it intersects with The
Boulevard at the border of Aberfeldie and Moonee Ponds, is
significant. Set into the bank of the Maribyrnong River it comprises
an angled brick wall with tooled and rough hewn bluestone coping,
which is buttressed by bluestone walls. The drain opening is edged in
bluestone and, internally, the drain is lined with bricks. Above the
drain opening are the remnants of a metal grate.
The Holmes Road Main Drain Outlet is of local historic and
aesthetic significance to the City of Moonee Valley.
It is historically significant for its associations with the
development of Moonee Valley during the land boom of the late
nineteenth century. It provides tangible evidence of the improvements
made to drainage infrastructure, which were necessary to deal with the
increased amount of storm water run-off from the expanded suburbs. The
use of brick and bluestone is representative of the drainage
infrastructure built prior to World War I when mass and reinforced
concrete began to be used more widely. (Criteria A & D)
Group
Utilities - Drainage
Category
Storm Water Drain