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FIVE MILE CREEK BLUESTONE CHANNEL
Other NameDrain Location(off) PASCOE VALE ROAD, ESSENDON, MOONEE VALLEY CITY LevelIncluded in Heritage Overlay |
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Statement of Significance
What is significant?
How is it significant?
Why is it significant?
The section of Five Mile Creek between Pascoe Vale Road and the
west of the North Eastern railway line, which is contained in a
bluestone-lined channel, is significant. The channel floor is two
pitches wide, and the sloping sides are two pitches high. Set back to
either side are bluestone retaining walls.
The Five Mile Creek Bluestone Channel is of local historic
significance to the City of Moonee Valley.
It is historically significance for its association with the
development of Essendon and Strathmore during the interwar period and
demonstrates how the natural environment has been modified as the land
has been settled and developed. It is representative example of how
creeks were transformed into stone-lined channels in an attempt to
improve drainage capacity and reduce the effects of flooding due to
increased run-off from suburban development. (Criteria A & D)
Group
Utilities - Drainage
Category
Storm Water Culvert