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HAMILTON-PENSHURST RAILWAY BRIDGE

Location

off Tabor Siding Road over Spring Creek TABOR, Southern Grampians Shire

File Number

365

Level

Stage 2 study complete

Statement of Significance

What is significant?
After some twenty years' anticipation, the Hamilton -Penshurst Railway opened in 1890. This bridge spans Spring Creek at Tabor, where the former railway passed, about 300 metres south west of Tabor Siding Road. It is constructed of wooden sleepers and iron pegs, approximately 4.5m long and 2.3m wide. The bridge is in a derelict condition, but retains a fair degree of integrity. No architect, builder or engineer has been associated with the design.

How is it significant?
The Hamilton-Penshurst Railway Bridge is of historical significance to the Southern Grampians Shire.

Why is it significant?
The Hamilton-Penshurst Railway Bridge is of historical significance as one of the few surviving works which still demonstrate the location of the long awaited and important rail link between Penshurst and Hamilton. The construction materials are also of historical significance, as they represent a previous building material which is no longer used in rail bridge construction. It is of further historical significance for the association with those workmen who died in the construction of the Hamilton-Penshurst Railway.

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