Peats Ferry Road Bridge

Item details


Name of item:	Peats Ferry Road Bridge
Type of item:	Built
Group/Collection:	Transport - Rail
Category:	Road Bridge
Primary address:	Pacific Highway, Brooklyn, NSW 2083
Local govt. area:	Hornsby

Boundary:

map Cowan 9130-IV-N 1:25,000 E326 N871 to E327 N877

All addresses

Street Address	Suburb/town	LGA	Parish	County	Type
Pacific Highway	Brooklyn	Hornsby			Primary Address

Statement of significance:


	Historic crossing of the Hawkesbury which till then had only been crossed by ferry (George Peat's ferry from 1840s) or by rail (Hawkesbury River Rail Bridge l889). The road and the new rail bridges were built during the same wartime years, creating enormous, still undocumented, changes within Brooklyn
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Description


Physical description:	In its day a major engineering accomplishment, with the longest welded spans in the world (two of 440 feet). Material Exterior : concrete and steel
Physical condition and/or Archaeological potential:	Intact structure
Further information:	Spans were floated out from level area close to Brooklyn cemetery. Major worksite in wartime, alongside Rail Bridge.

Historic themes

Australian theme (abbrev)	New South Wales theme	Local theme
3. Economy-Developing local, regional and national economies	Transport-Activities associated with the moving of people and goods from one place to another, and systems for the provision of such movements	(none)-

Recommended management:


	This site should be conserved.

Listings

Heritage Listing	Listing Title	Listing Number	Gazette Date	Gazette Number	Gazette Page
Local Environmental Plan	Hornsby Local Environmental Plan 2013	A22	27 Sep 13
Heritage study

Study details

Title	Year	Number	Author	Inspected by	Guidelines used
Historical Archaeological Sites, Hornsby Heritage Study	1993	040	Edward Higginbotham. Consultant Archaeological Services.	A.C.Cremin & R.I.Jack	No

References, internet links & images

None

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Data source


The information for this entry comes from the following source:
Name:	Local Government
Database number:	1780040

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