Kinnears Rope Walk (formerly Donaghy's Fairview Rope Works)
95 Pakington Street, GEELONG WEST VIC 3218 - Property No 203556
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Statement of Significance
A Listed - State Significance
STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE
The rope walk is highly significant as the longest in Victoria at the time of its construction in the 1870s. It is one pf the very few remaining rope walks and still in use with its original equipment. It is of State significant.
POLICY/RECOMMENDATIONS:
Historic Buildings Register, National Estate Register, Geelong Regional Planning Scheme.
Other work by an industrial archeologist/historian would be needed to confirm the exact significance of this rope walk in context with other, eg. Footscray
REFERENCES
Borough of Geelong West Rate Book, 1875.
Donaghy & Sons Pt Ltd 1852-1952, Centenery Bookley, published by Donaghy's, p2, 10-11, 46-7.
Brownhill, A History of Geelong and Corio Bay, Melbourne, 1955, p 324.
Photographs at GHRC. 1703/027, Donaghy and Sons Pty Ltd. Rope and cordage works.
1728/7 - Tramway in Donaghy's Rope Walk, 1890's.
Buchan, Laird and Buchan, Architects, drawings and specifications, D23.
G Seatong - The Ashby Story - A History of Geelong West, Geelong West City Council, 1978, p88.
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Kinnears Rope Walk (formerly Donaghy's Fairview Rope Works) - Physical Description 1
DESCRIPTION
The unusual form of the rope walk, approximately three metres wide by four hundred metres long has had an influence on the subdivision of surrounding streets. This is particularly noticeable from Collins Street. Here one can see the formation of very short, dead-end streets with a small park and the rope walk wall at the end of each one. The rope walk has a high degree of integrity particularly the internal fittings and machinery, although the walls may originally have been clad in another material. The main factory area is built of a combination of nineteenth century timber trussed roofs with columns and polychrome brick was on the Lawton Avenue side. These areas have been modified and extended.
Heritage Study and Grading
Greater Geelong - City of Geelong West Urban Conservation Study
Author: Huddle, Aitken and Honman
Year: 1986
Grading:
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IRON STOREVictorian Heritage Register H0742
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ST PAUL'S ANGLICAN CHURCHVictorian Heritage Register H0187
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GEELONG RAILWAY STATIONVictorian Heritage Register H1604
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