| Item |
| Name of Item: |
Cringila Footbridge |
| Type of Item: |
Built |
| Group/Collection: |
Transport - Rail |
| Category: |
Railway Bridge/ Viaduct |
| Primary Address: |
At Station, Cringila, NSW 2502 |
| Local Govt. Area: |
Wollongong City
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Property Description:
| Lot/Volume Code |
Lot/Volume Number |
Section Number |
Plan/Folio Code |
Plan/Folio Number |
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All Addresses |
| Street Address |
Suburb/Town |
LGA |
Parish |
County |
Type |
At Station
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Cringila
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Wollongong City
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Primary
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Owner/s
| Organisation Name |
Owner Category |
Date Ownership Updated |
| RailCorp |
State Government |
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| Statement of Significance |
One of 6 similar structures.
Note: There are incomplete details for a number of items listed in NSW. The Heritage Branch intends to develop or upgrade statements of significance and other information for these items as resources become available.
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| Description |
| Construction Years: |
1952 - |
| Physical Description: |
A steel welded through Warren truss.
Access to Pt Kembla Steelworks.
DWG 1776 - 43,807 to 823A
Concrete decks were now standard for most new Footbridges and for the replacement of timber decks. |
Physical Condition and/or
Archaeological Potential: |
Good
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| History |
| Historical Notes: |
By the Mid-1930's welding had become an established technology, but Railways were slow to use it for underbridges subjected to dynamic loads.
However, for Footbridges with light static loads, welding was ideal. Costly drilling and riveting was eliminated at joints by simple runs of welds, after an easy assembly of members.
Initially double angles were used for the flanges but later, T-sections were used. |
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| 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) - |
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| Assessment Criteria |
Items are assessed against the  State Heritage Register (SHR) Criteria to determine the level of significance.
Refer to the Listings below for the level of statutory protection. |
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| Listings |
| Heritage Listing |
Listing Title |
Listing Number |
Gazette Date |
Gazette Number |
Gazette Page |
| Heritage Act - s.170 NSW State agency heritage register |
SRA s.170 Register |
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| Study Details |
| Title |
Year |
Number |
Author |
Inspected by |
Guidelines Used |
| State Rail Authority Heritage Register Study |
1999 |
SRA632 |
State Rail Authority |
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No |
| Footbridge Survey |
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SRA632 |
Don Fraser |
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No |
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| References, Internet links & Images |
| None |
| Note: Internet links may be to web pages, documents or images. |
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| Data Source |
| The information for this entry comes from the following source: |
| Name: |
State Government Agency |
| Database Number: |
4440632 |
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