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Name	Detail	File number	Level
20 Tonne Road weighbridge Railway Cartway - North Fitzroy Champion Road,, NEWPORT VIC 3015 - Property No B7054	The 1924 Fitzroy weighbridge is of historical, scientific (technical), and social (educational potential) significance at the regional level because it demonstrates weighbridge technology that was 'state of the art' in the first decade of the twentieth century and remained in use on the Victorian Railways for about 80 years. Although removed from its original context and without its original cabin or weighbridge pit, it has the potential to be restored to working order as a ... more	B7054	Regional
40 Ton Rail Weighbridge Ballarat 35 ton railway weighbridge , Ballarat 35 ton truck weighbridge , Ballarat 40 ton truck weighbridge , Victorian Railways weighing machine No. 602 Goods Yard, Ballarat Station,, BALLARAT CENTRAL VIC 3350 - Property No B7194		B7194	File only
Maryborough Railway Weighbridge Maryborough Truck Weighbridge South of Railway Yards,, MARYBOROUGH VIC 3465 - Property No B7053	The Maryborough railway weighbridge is historically and scientifically significant at the state level as the oldest railway weighbridge and most intact example of a single track weighbridge owned and operated by the Victorian Railways to survive today. It is historically significant because in 1906 it was among the first three 35 ton capacity rail weighbridges to be installed by the Victorian Railways, and remained in service at its original location for over 80 years. Of the 46 ... more	B7053	State
Former Musk 10 Ton Fairbanks Road Weighbridge Vic Rails Weighing Machine No.1176 , Musk Creek weighbridge (Before about 1921) Former Railway Goods Yard,, MUSK VIC 3461 - Property No B7070	The 10 ton cart weighbridge in the former Musk station goods yard was erected in 1894 by the Victorian Railways using plans and a kit of metal parts from E & T Fairbanks Company in the USA and locally available timber and brick. The weatherboard cabin is a Victorian Railways design that predates 1887. In 1945 level concrete 'aprons' were placed on the approaches to the weighbridge platform to improve accuracy during end-and-end weighing of motor vehicles. The weighbridge ... more	B7070	State
Weighbridge River Street,, MAFFRA VIC 3860 - Property No B3450		B3450	File only
Yarrawonga Road Weighbridge Yarrawonga Road,, YARRAWONGA VIC 3730 - Property No B7274	Manufactured by the Victorian Railways at the Newport Workshops and installed at Yarrowonga in 1916, the 35 ton capacity road weighbridge features a non-loose-weight steelyard with a ticket printer and protection bar. Designed and installed in a era when horse drawn carts dominated the transport of most goods by road, the road approaches to the weighbridge were re-aligned and partially concreted in 1944 to permit long wheel-based trucks and semi-trailers to be weighed 'end to end'. ... more	B7274	State