Drysdale Weighbridge opp. 1-12
1 Station Street, DRYSDALE VIC 3222 - Property No 260514
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Statement of Significance
C Listed - Local Significance
STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE - BELLARINE HERITAGE STUDY RECORD SHEET NO 84
The Drysdale weighbridge made by W & T Avery Makers London Birmingham was installed near the railway station in 1885 and consists of some surviving bluestone surround and a mechanical plate and lever arm of dimensions to accommodate heavy vehicles. The weighbridge ceased operation in the 1970s with the closure of the railway.
The Drysdale weighbridge has historic, scientific and social value to the Drysdale district and Bellarine peninsula.
The Drysdale weighbridge is a structure indicating the importance of the railway to pastoral and agricultural industry in the Bellarine peninsula. Its construction and its location in relation to the railway contributes to the importance of Drysdale as essentially intact representative example of nineteenth century weighbridge equipment.
It is of LOCAL cultural significance.
REFERENCE:
Wynd, I - 1988 Ball-wein a history of the Shire of Bellarine, p.129
Ibis - p. 129
Myrtle Filbay
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Drysdale Weighbridge opp. 1-12 - Physical Description 1
DESCRIPTION:
The site consists of the mechanical plate and the lever arm of the weighbridge. There is also part of the bluestone surround at the approach to the platform. The platform has the manufacturer's name on it: W & T AVERY MAKERS LONDON BIRMINGHAM and the surface is a moulded pattern to accommodate heavy vehicles. The area has been landscaped with a low treated pine log fence. The location near the railway station is important for the integrity of the structure.
Heritage Study and Grading
Greater Geelong - Bellarine Heritage Study
Author: Huddle, Howe, Lewis and Francis
Year: 1996
Grading:
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DRYSDALE STOCK POUNDVictorian Heritage Inventory
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War Veteran's Home including interiorGreater Geelong City
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ResidenceGreater Geelong City
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