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MELBOURNE CITY COUNCIL DESTRUCTOR, DYNON ROAD
Location70 DYNON ROAD WEST MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE CITY LevelHeritage Inventory Site |
Statement of Significance
The Melbourne City Council Destructor Complex is historically
important as a largely undocumented remnant of an 1890s solution to
the waste problem due to the rapid population growth of Melbourne. It
was an interim measure put in place to deal with human and domestic
waste that contributed to sanitary and health problems across the
city. The Destructor is also historically significant because it was
designed by a Melbourne-based engineer who created a more effective
way of dealing with waste than his English competitors. This
particular destructor was the first of its kind to be built in
Australasia (Mountain 1900:42; Goordrich 1912:165).
Group
Manufacturing and Processing
Category
Other - Manufacturing & Processing