Masonry Arch Bridge over Waurn Ponds Creek

HISTORIC PLACES DOCUMENT SHEET - GRC SHEET NO 47

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

The masonry bridge on the Princes highway at Waurn Ponds was erected in 1868 from designs prepared by Andrew McWilliams, architect and engineer to the recently formed Barrabool Shire Council. Clement Nash, a Geelong contractor and monumental Mason, erected this finely detailed. The Shire crest is incorporated into the basalt keystone. The Waurn Ponds Bridge is an excellent example of the masonry bridge construction of the mid 19th century, and although disused, is intact.

RECOMMENDATIONS: PROTECTIVE MEASURES

Geelong Regional Commission Register

Australian Heritage Commission Register of the National Estate

Historic Buildings Council Register

REFERENCES

Geelong Historical Society - Investigator, 1968, Vol 3, p.6.

Sutherland, Alexander - Victoria Its Metropolis, Pas and Present, McCarron, Bird & Co, Melbourne, 1888. Biographical Sketches of Andrew McWilliams and Clement Nash, Vol 2, p.155

Group

Transport - Road

Category

Road Bridge