Barkers Creek 平均房價House 價格比去年上升8% . 周邊地區Barkers Creek Median RentThe House rent is 上升11% .
| A162 SPECIMEN GULLY ROAD, Barkers Creek | 距離: | 107.1 公里 to CBD; 5 公里 to Castlemaine Station [公共交通] |
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地圖位置 | 街景 | 周邊成交價 | 改建申請曆史: | | 被市政府指定為 Victorian heritage | Last updated on - May 19, 1999 The quarrying of stone, gravel and sand for building and construction purposes was widely carried out on all Victorian goldfields. Some localities become notable for a particular material, such as granite and slate. The first gold discovery in the Mount Alexander district was made by John Worley and Christopher Thomas Peters at Specimen Gully in July 1851. Subsequently, the gully was extensively worked for both alluvial and reef gold. Stone quarrying was undertaken in the gully from the late 1850s, with the original slate flagstone quarry being situated quite close to Worley and Peters' claim. The original quarry was extensively worked for more than 40 years. By 1870, it was by far the largest producer of flagstone in Victoria. The stone obtained was found to be highly suitable for paving and was widely used throughout Victoria and in the streets of Melbourne. The belt of the valuable flagstones was about 23 feet wide, and was worked at intervals for a length of 20 chains (400 metres). At the south end, a fault broke up the rocks, rendering them of little value. At its deepest point, the quarry was sunk to a depth of 220 feet (67 metres). When abandoned at about the turn of the century, the quarry filled with water to within 30 feet of the surface. In its heyday, the quarry was equipped with a 25-horsepower engine, a planing and sawing plant, and a railway siding. The Specimen Gully Flagstone Quarry is of historical, archaeological and scientific importance to the State of Victoria. The Specimen Gully Flagstone Quarry is historically important, as one of the State's major nineteenth-century stone quarries. The Specimen Gully Flagstone Quarry is scientifically important for its illustration of nineteenth century quarrying technology. Despite being partly filled, the quarry remains a fine representative of the State's early stone quarrying industry. The quarry plays a special role in the district, as an early artefact of an industry that continues in the district today. |
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