Railway Viaduct, Bridge and Embankment Ingliston Road
Ironbark Road INGLISTON, MOORABOOL SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
A steel girder and trestle railway bridge and embankment taking the Melbourne - Ballarat railway over Ironbark Road; it replaced the 1887 timber bridge in 1930. There are some components of this bridge surviving amongst the remnant native vegetation of the vicinity.
The bridge has local historical significance in enabling the railway's crucial influence on development of the region. Its architectural significance derives from its achievement as engineering.
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Railway Viaduct, Bridge and Embankment Ingliston Road - Physical Conditions
Good. Some graffiti
Railway Viaduct, Bridge and Embankment Ingliston Road - Intactness
Apparently excellent.
Railway Viaduct, Bridge and Embankment Ingliston Road - Physical Description 1
Beyond the Ingleston Bank, the Bacchus Marsh to Ballarat Railway takes a more conventional form with a few shallow cuttings. The only engineering problem here is the bridge and cutting on the saddle above Werribee Gorge. Here the
railway runs through a small cutting and over a fabricated steel trestle bridge which crosses Ironbark Road.
The bridge consist s of two parallel massive steel rsj girders supporting the railway tracks between earth embankments. These are supported by two trestles. East trestle is formed from 4 comer 'legs' supported by three levels of vertical and diagonal bracing. The legs are set in reinforced concrete pedestal pad footings. Connections are bolts.
The east side of the bridge is approached by a particularly high (and long) embankment which has single track line (further east is double track). West of the bridge is much she-oak (Casuarina ) remnant vegetation. The embankments at both ends of the bridge have remnants of the timber trestle posts of the earlier bridge (c1880). On the eastern side there are remaining cross beams between the posts, also.
Railway Viaduct, Bridge and Embankment Ingliston Road - Historical Australian Themes
Transport
Railway Viaduct, Bridge and Embankment Ingliston Road - Usage/Former Usage
USE: Railway bridge and Embankment.
Heritage Study and Grading
Moorabool - Bacchus Marsh Heritage Study 1995
Author: Richard Peterson and Daniel Catrice
Year: 1995
Grading:
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STONE DUMPSVictorian Heritage Inventory
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Railway Viaduct, Bridge and Embankment Ingliston RoadMoorabool Shire
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