The Big Culvert

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Use Australian English|date=March 2020}} {{Infobox bridge | name = The Big Culvert | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image = | image_upright = | alt = | caption = | pushpin_map = | pushpin_relief = | pushpin_map_size = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = | coordinates = {{Coord|37.559|S|145.867|E|region:AU-VIC_type:landmark|display=title,inline|format=dms}} | os_grid_reference = | qid = | refs = | carries = Yarra Track | crosses = | locale = {{VICcity|Cambarville}}, Victoria, Australia | starts = | ends = | official_name = | other_name = | named_for = | owner = | maint = | heritage = | id = | id_type = | website = | preceded = | followed = | design = Arch culvert bridge | material = Granite and bluestone | material1 = | material2 = | length = | width = | height = | depth = | traversable = | towpath = | mainspan = | number_spans = | piers_in_water = | load = | clearance_above = | clearance_below = | lanes = | life = | first_length = | first_diameter = | second_length = | second_diameter = | third_length = | third_diameter = | capacity = | num_track = | track_gauge = | structure_gauge = | electrification = | architect = | designer = Clement Wilks | contracted_designer = | winner = | engineering = | builder = George Koehler | fabricator = | begin = | complete = {{circa|1870}}s | cost = | open =  | inaugurated = | rebuilt = | collapsed = | closed = | replaces = | replaced_by = | traffic = | toll = | mapframe = | mapframe_zoom = | mapframe_width = | mapframe_height = | mapframe_marker = | mapframe_marker_color = | mapframe_lat = | mapframe_long = | extra =  }}

'''The Big Culvert''' is a substantial granite and bluestone arch culvert bridge on the historic Yarra Track near {{VICcity|Cambarville}}, Victoria, Australia.

It was built in the 1870s as part of the improvements to the road from Melbourne to the Woods Point and Jordan Goldfields. It was probably designed by Clement Wilks who was also responsible for the design of the Wilks Creek Bridge near Marysville also on the "Yarra Track". This moss covered granite and bluestone arch was constructed by a German settlor, George Koehler, who operated a hotel nearby.

The bridge is listed on the National Trust of Australia (Victoria) Register: B5804<ref name=NatTrustVic_B5804>{{cite web |url=http://www.nattrust.com.au/trust_register/search_the_register/big_culvert |title=Big Culvert: B5804 |work=Heritage Register |publisher=National Trust of Australia (Victoria) |date= |access-date= }}</ref> and on the (now defunct) Register of the National Estate: Place 5720);<ref name=RNE_5720 >{{cite AHD|5720|The Big Culvert, Marysville - Woods Point Rd, Cambarville via Marysville, VIC, Australia}}</ref> and was previously listed on the Victorian Heritage Inventory.<ref name=VHD>{{cite VHD|6557|The Big Culvert|hi=D8022-0035}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==Bibliography== * Cumming, D.A. ''Some Public Works Engineers in Victoria in the Nineteenth Century'' Technology Report No. TR-85/10. August 1985. * Thomas, Ann. ''Wilks Creek Bridge at Marysville, Victoria''. 1993. * Stacpoole, H. (Ed). ''Tracks to the Jordan''. Lowden, Kilmore, 1973.

==External links== * {{Cite journal |date= 1871–1872 |editor-last=Forrest |editor-first=James |title= Obituary. Clement Wilks, 1819-1871|department=Appendix to Annual Report: Memoirs |journal= Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers|language=en |publisher=The Institution [of Civil Engineers] |publication-place=Westminster, S.W. |publication-date=1872 |volume=33  |issue=Part I |pages=275–276 |doi=10.1680/imotp.1872.22924 |eissn=1753-7843 |id=Google Books [https://www.google.com/books/edition/Minutes_of_Proceedings_of_the_Institutio/0hUFAAAAQAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA275&printsec=frontcover&dq=%22Clement%20Wilks%22 0hUFAAAAQAAJ].  HathiTrust [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b2990607&seq=289&q1=%22Clement+Wilks%22 uc1.b2990607].  |doi-access=free}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Big Culvert}} Category:Road bridges in Victoria (state) Category:Bridges completed in 1870 Category:1870 establishments in Australia Category:Transport in Victoria (state) Category:Stone arch bridges in Australia