KOZMINSKY'S MILL AND LOG CHUTE
SADDLE ROAD BUANGOR, ARARAT RURAL CITY
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Statement of Significance
State significance as a well-preserved example of a large-scale 19th-century sawmill and log delivery system.
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KOZMINSKY'S MILL AND LOG CHUTE - History
MARKS KOZMINSKY TOOK OUT A SAWMILL LICENCE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH DAVID SANDERSON IN 1876. THE MILL WAS SITUATED ON THE UPPER REACHES OF MCLEOD CREEK WITH MOUNT BUANGOR TO THE NORTH. A LOG CHUTE WAS CONSTRUCTED DOWN A SPUR DIVIDING THE WATERSHEDS OF MIDDLE AND MCLEODS CREEK. THE PARTNERSHIP WAS DISSOLVED IN 1879 AND THE MILL DISMANTLED IN 1880.KOZMINSKY'S MILL AND LOG CHUTE - Interpretation of Site
LOGS CUT FROM THE UPPER REACHES OF MOUNT BUANGOR WERE DELIVERED BY WAGON TO THE TOP OF A LOG CHUTE. THE CHUTE DESCENDS STEEPLY SOUTH-WEST, TERMINATING AT A POINT JUST BELOW THE PRESENT DAY SADDLE ROAD. FROM THE FOOT OF THE CHUTE LOGS WERE JINKERED APPROX 1 KM WEST TO THE SAWMILLS.
Heritage Inventory Description
KOZMINSKY'S MILL AND LOG CHUTE - Heritage Inventory Description
Complex of sawmilling sites including wagon tracks, log chute and mill (1876-1880).
FORMATIONS FOR LOG CHUTE AND WAGON TRACK. SAWMILL SITE FEATURES PIT FOR VERTICAL BREAKING-DOWN SAW, A WELL, A 75 METRE LONG SAWDUST TRENCH AND BED-LOG IMPRESSIONS
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KOZMINSKY'S MILL AND LOG CHUTEVictorian Heritage Inventory
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