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BALLAN RAILWAY WATER TANK
Location705 OLD MELBOURNE ROAD BALLAN, MOORABOOL SHIRE LevelHeritage Inventory Site |
Statement of Significance
The site is significant to the Ballan region as it marks a time of
pivitol change throughout the state. The Gold Rush and immediate
post-Gold Rush period was a time of massive growth and expansion
development of infrastructure, like the Melbourne to Ballarat railway
line. There are records of water tanks used to supply steam trains
with water (see Context 2007: 10-11 for examples). However, the
available photographs indicate that these tanks were above ground and
very square in shape. This is in contrast to the curved water tank
indentified at Ballan. It is difficult to tell without further
investigation whether this structure was initially built above ground
or intended to be partially below ground as it is at present. The
Ballan water tank is also far more crudely made and basic than some of
the previously recorded examples. This structure is therefore
significant, as no comparable example of this style of water tank has
yet been recorded in Victoria.
Group
Transport - Rail
Category
Railway Water Tower/ Tank