TIMBER TRESTLE ROAD BRIDGE OVER DIAMOND CREEK
BROUGHAM STREET ELTHAM, NILLUMBIK SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
REVISED STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE, CONTEXT, 2010
What is significant?
The entire bridge and the surrounding site to a radius of 10 metres.
How is it significant?
The timber trestle bridge is technically and historically significant to the Shire of Nillumbik.
Why is it significant?
The bridge is technically and historically significant because it illustrates a traditional bridge building technology once common in the former Shire of Eltham, but now rare. Unusually for such a bridge, the western end span is twice the width of the other two (Criteria D & B).
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TIMBER TRESTLE ROAD BRIDGE OVER DIAMOND CREEK - Historical Australian Themes
TRANSPORT - ROAD BRIDGES
3.8.5 Moving goods and people on land
3.8.7 Building and maintaining roads
TIMBER TRESTLE ROAD BRIDGE OVER DIAMOND CREEK - Usage/Former Usage
Original and Continuing Use: road bridge
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MONTSALVATVictorian Heritage Register H0716
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ELTHAM COURT HOUSEVictorian Heritage Register H0784
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FORMER POLICE QUARTERSVictorian Heritage Register H1539
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