Wilks Creek Bridge
Encyclopedia
Wilks Creek Bridge is a former timber and bluestone road bridge on the Yarra Track
just off the picturesque Black Spur
route, between Narbethong and Marysville, Victoria
. It was built in 1870 to the design of colonial Public Works Department engineer Clement Wilks
as part of the construction of a new road to the Woods Point and Jordan
Goldfields. Like many bridges of the period it had a timber superstructure employing squared beams supported by struts and straining pieces, on cut bluestone abutments. The bridge was remodelled around 1900 by engineer John Monash
of the famous bridge-engineering firm of Monash and Anderson.
Yarra Track
The Yarra Track is the former name of the gold fields road from Healesville to the Woods Point and Jordan Goldfields, in Victoria, Australia. A direct route via the Yarra River and the Great Divide, was discovered by Reick in September 1862. This became known as the `Yarra Track’. Early in 1863,...
just off the picturesque Black Spur
Black Spur
The Black Spur is a road between the towns of Healesville and Marysville in Victoria, Australia.-Statistics:* Length : 30* Corner Ratio: 80%* Corner Speeds: 60-120 km/h* Legal Speed Limit: 80 km/h* Traffic : 2-5* Bumpiness: Smooth...
route, between Narbethong and Marysville, Victoria
Marysville, Victoria
Marysville is a small town, 34 kilometres north-east of Healesville, in the Shire of Murrindindi in Victoria, Australia. The town, which previously had a population of around 500 people, was devastated by the Murrindindi Mill bushfire on 7 February 2009. On 19 February 2009 the official death toll...
. It was built in 1870 to the design of colonial Public Works Department engineer Clement Wilks
Clement Wilks
Clement Wilks was a notable Civil Engineer and Architect in colonial Victoria, Australia.-Early days:Clement Wilks was born at Peckham Rye, Surrey, 15 February 1819, the youngest son of the Rev. Mark Wilks, of Paris...
as part of the construction of a new road to the Woods Point and Jordan
Jordan River (Victoria)
The Jordan River is a small river in Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. It is a tributary of the Thomson River. It rises on the southern slopes of the Great Dividing Range south of Woods Point and flows into northern end of the Thomson Reservoir....
Goldfields. Like many bridges of the period it had a timber superstructure employing squared beams supported by struts and straining pieces, on cut bluestone abutments. The bridge was remodelled around 1900 by engineer John Monash
John Monash
General Sir John Monash GCMG, KCB, VD was a civil engineer who became the Australian military commander in the First World War. He commanded the 13th Infantry Brigade before the War and then became commander of the 4th Brigade in Egypt shortly after the outbreak of the War with whom he took part...
of the famous bridge-engineering firm of Monash and Anderson.
External links
See also
- The Big CulvertThe Big CulvertThe Big Culvert is a substantial bluestone arch culvert on the historic Yarra Track near Cambarville, Victoria, Australia. It was built in the 1870s as part of the improvements to the road from Melbourne to the Woods Point and Jordan Goldfields...