The Big Culvert

The Big Culvert is a substantial granite and bluestone arch culvert bridge on the historic Yarra Track near Cambarville, Victoria, Australia.

The Big Culvert
Coordinates	37°33′32″S 145°52′01″E
Carries	Yarra Track
Locale	Cambarville, Victoria, Australia
Characteristics
Design	Arch culvert bridge
Material	Granite and bluestone
History
Designer	Clement Wilks
Constructed by	George Koehler
Construction end	c. 1870s
Location

It was built in the 1870s as part of the improvements to the road from Melbourne to the Woods Point and Jordan Goldfields. It was probably designed by Clement Wilks who was also responsible for the design of the Wilks Creek Bridge near Marysville also on the "Yarra Track". This moss covered granite and bluestone arch was constructed by a German settlor, George Koehler, who operated a hotel nearby.

The bridge is listed on the National Trust of Australia (Victoria) Register: B5804^[1] and on the (now defunct) Register of the National Estate: Place 5720);^[2] and was previously listed on the Victorian Heritage Inventory.^[3]

References

1. "Big Culvert: B5804". Heritage Register. National Trust of Australia (Victoria).
2. "The Big Culvert, Marysville - Woods Point Rd, Cambarville via Marysville, VIC, Australia (Place ID 5720)". Australian Heritage Database. Australian Government.
3. "The Big Culvert, Victorian Heritage Inventory Number HD8022-0035". Victorian Heritage Database. Heritage Victoria.

Bibliography

• Cumming, D.A. Some Public Works Engineers in Victoria in the Nineteenth Century Technology Report No. TR-85/10. August 1985.
• Thomas, Ann. Wilks Creek Bridge at Marysville, Victoria. 1993.
• Stacpoole, H. (Ed). Tracks to the Jordan. Lowden, Kilmore, 1973.

External links

• Obituary: Clement Wilks, 1819-1871 Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Vol.33 January 1872 pp.275-276 - Thomas Telford-ICE Virtual Library ^{[permanent dead link]}