Lilydale - Healesville Railway Line- Healesville Rail Tunnel
Government Road, Healesville VIC 3777 - Property No S00347 & S04061
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Statement of Significance
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Lilydale - Healesville Railway Line- Healesville Rail Tunnel - Physical Description 1
A brick-lined railway tunnel is located through a hillside, known as "Tunnel Hill", approximately three kilometres along the railway line west of Healesville. The bricks on the face of the western entrance of the tunnel are red and appear to have been machine made. Forming a lintel above the arched entrance to the tunnel are two lines of roughly finished basalt blocks separated from each other by brickwork. The bricks lining the interior of the tunnel are more orange in colour and appear to be older than the red bricks. Considerable mineral accumulations, including lime from the walls and ceiling of the tunnel and soot from the train, have stained the brickwork inside and outside the tunnel.
The tunnel is thought to measure 130 metres in length. Rails run through the tunnel, but the line's sleepers are in poor condition. A tourist railway runs from Healesville to the eastern entrance of the tunnel, not going through the tunnel, or continuing to Yarra Glen.
The western entrance of the tunnel can be seen from several points within the grounds of the Tarrawarra Winery, and the eastern entrance is likely to be accessible from the Government Road (which is leased to the Tarrawarra Winery).
Like the many trestle bridges located on the line, the tunnel represents the significant engineering challenges posed by the construction of the line.Lilydale - Healesville Railway Line- Healesville Rail Tunnel - Physical Conditions
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Lilydale - Healesville Railway Line- Healesville Rail Tunnel - Integrity
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Heritage Study and Grading
Yarra Ranges - Shire of Yarra Ranges Heritage Study
Author: Context Pty Ltd
Year: 2000
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HEALESVILLE RAILWAY STATION COMPLEXVictorian Heritage Register H1567
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FORMER HEALESVILLE COURT HOUSEVictorian Heritage Register H1171
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FORMER SHAMROCK HOTELVictorian Heritage Inventory
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