Local Government
Kalamunda
Region
Metropolitan
Hardinge Rd Canning Mills
map 2, 87.C10, UG4 LGA informed that the bridge can only be acessed via a 4x4 track or by foot along the Mason and Bird Heritage Trail.
Hardinge Road Timber Tramway Bridge
Munday Brook Bridge
Kalamunda
Metropolitan
Constructed from 1894 to 1989
Type | Status | Date | Documents |
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(no listings) |
Type | Status | Date | Documents |
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RHP - To be assessed | Current | 15 Dec 2005 |
Type | Status | Date | Grading/Management | |
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Category | ||||
Classified by the National Trust | Permanent | 12 Jun 1989 | ||
Classified by the National Trust | Classified | 12 Jun 1989 | ||
Statewide Lge Timber Str Survey | Completed | 11 Dec 1998 | ||
Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 01 Aug 2013 |
· The place is rare as a small scale timber bridge in Western Australia. · The place is valued by the community as it forms part of a recognised heritage trail.
Timber foot bridge over the Munday Brook. The bridge was restored in 1989. The bridge is a full timber pile driven bridge, The jarrah and wandoo timber piles underneath the decking are original. The Original timber decking has been replaced. It is not longer used by the tramway or road traffic. It is used as a footbridge for the Mason Bird Heritage trail. One of the timber piles is believed to exhibit a convict workers mark.
Built by the Mason Bird Company timber millars in 1871/1872. It was built to continue the road used to haul timber as part of a tramway system to transport timber to the timber mills. The tramway was the second railway built in Western Australia (the first being at Vasse in 1860). It was located from the Company timber mill at Carmel through the Bickley Valley to a company landing at the Canning River. The track was made of jarrah rails set in jarrah sleepers. Teams of horses pulled the wagons. The Mason Bird Company was a major employer of timber workers from 1864 to 1882. Its exports were significant to the early development of Western Australia. It is believed to be one of the oldest all timber pile driven bridges in Australia. The bridge is an important feature along the Mason Bird Heritage Trail.
High
Good - was restored in 1989.
Library Id | Title | Medium | Year Of Publication |
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6605 | Register of historic sites. | Report | 1988 |
7592 | Mason & Bird Heritage Trail : retracing one of Western Australia's oldest timber routes. | Brochure | 1988 |
2322 | The Mason and Bird Timber Company 1862 to 1882. | Book | 1978 |
Historic site
Epoch | General | Specific |
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Original Use | Transport\Communications | Road: Bridge |
Present Use | Transport\Communications | Road: Other |
Type | General | Specific |
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Other | TIMBER | Other Timber |
General | Specific |
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TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATIONS | Road transport |
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