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McMillans Bridge

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and comprise two double-intersection deck-trusses, connected by iron cross bracing, and seated on the 1856 abutments of red sandstone. These abutments were originally made for a timber truss superstructure, which lasted only 33 years. The timber deck has a single layer of longitudinal planking on
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Alsop, P. F. B, 1999, A History of McMillans Bridge over Mt Misery Creek on the Rokewood-Skipton Road in the Shires of Leigh and Grenville Victoria
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Colin O'Connor, Spanning Two Centuries, Historic Bridges of Australia. University of Queensland Press, 1985. p. 103
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McMillans Bridge was originally constructed in 1856 with stone abutments and timber truss, by the Victorian
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on a historical route between Geelong and the 1850s goldfields at Ararat and Streatham.
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The 1889 wrought-iron spans were fabricated in Geelong at the Humble and Nicholson
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timber cross beams, which are bolted to the flanges of the truss top
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by the lightweight and efficient metal truss designs of Professor
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Coordinates
37°52′15″S 143°39′44″E / 37.870890°S 143.662160°E / -37.870890; 143.662160
Woady Yaloak River
Rokewood, Victoria
Australia
wrought iron
truss bridge
Woady Yaloak River
Rokewood
Werneth
Central Road Board
Charles Rowland
David Lennox
Charles Anthony Corbett Wilson
Leigh
Grenville
Pitfield Bridge
W. C. Kernot
Melbourne University
Vulcan Foundry
chords
Victorian Heritage Register
National Trust Register citation B3263



"McMillans Bridge (H1847)"
Victorian Heritage Register
Heritage Victoria
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