|
Ellerslie Bridge
Hopkins Highway,, ELLERSLIE VIC 3265 - Property No B6521
|
The timber, bluestone and cast -iron bridge over the Hopkins River at Ellerslie is of State historical, technical and aesthetic significance on the following grounds:
-opened in 1867, it is the oldest known surviving timber girder bridge in Victoria;
-its aesthetic quality, both of the structure itself, which was remarked upon at the time of its opening, and of its attractive rural setting;
-it is one of only 32 known combination girder and masonry birdges, only four of
... more
|
B6521
|
State
|