FORMER DONAGHY'S ROPE WALK BUILDING (PART) AND ROPE-MAKING MACHINERY
Other Names
ROPE WALK , KINNEAR'S , KINNEARS , FORMER DONAGHY'S ROPE WALK , FORMER DONAGHYS ROPE WALK , DONAGHYS , DONAGHYS ROPE
Location
95-103 PAKINGTON STREET GEELONG WEST, GREATER GEELONG CITY
File Number
605991
Level
Registered
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KINNEARS ROPEWORKS SOHE 2008
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Statement of Significance
What is significant?
The Former Donaghy's Rope Walk Building (Part) and Rope Making Machinery.
How is it significant?
The Former Donaghy's Rope Walk Building (Part) and Rope Making Machinery is of historical significance to the State of Victoria. It satisfies the following criterion for inclusion in the Victorian Heritage Register:
Criterion A
Importance to the course, or pattern, of Victoria's cultural history.
Why is it significant?
The Former Donaghy's Rope Walk Building (Part) and Rope Making Machinery is significant at the State level for the following reasons:
The Former Donaghy's Rope Walk Building (Part) and Rope Making Machinery is historically significant as a surviving remnant of one of Victoria's largest ropeworks which opened in 1874. The building, machinery and documentary evidence demonstrates the process of making ('laying') large ropes by the walk method. The Rope Walk Building (Part) contains equipment from at least three periods, possibly including the 1870s original machinery, early twentieth century improvements and 1950s imported components with local adaptations. Some machinery was designed and manufactured by Donaghy's, such as such as the gallantyne and steel 'top'.
