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Rushworth Whistle Post
Cnr Whroo & Nuggety Hill Roads,, RUSHWORTH VIC 3612 - Property No B4143
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The purpose of the Whistle Post was to instruct the drivers of Steam Traction engines to warn any approaching horse-drawn vehicles to wait whilst the Traction engine could proceed up the narrow road and aviod frightening the Horses. There were originally two whistle posts; the remaining post is as original and was erected about 1906 to assist Anderson and Colliver, Timber Contractors, to haul timber from Whroo Forest to the Rushworth Sawmill.
Classified: 20/04/1978
Historic
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B4143
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Local
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