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Former Wimmera Flour Mill & Silo Complex

Other Names N.B. Love ,  Fraynes of Stawell ,  Brunton & Co. Flour Mill Location Gibson Street,, RUPANYUP VIC 3388 - Property No B6331 File Number B6331 Level State

[1/1] B6331 Rupanyup Wheat Silos

Statement of Significance

The Wimmera Flour Mill &wheat silos are of State significance as the first reinforced concrete bulk wheat storage silos to be constructed and operated in Victoria.
They are demonstrative of the basic change in grain handling from bagged wheat to bulk transport and storage which occurred in Victoria between 1910, when these first silos came into use, and the (1950s?), when the entire wheat crop was handled in bulk.
The silos are also significant as the first application of the Monier principal of concrete construction to this type of structure and for their association with Sir John Monash as an important example of his range of reinforced concrete designs.
Classified: 13/05/1992