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Millers Flat Bridge, Otago Region. Bridge detail | Sarah Gallagher | 19/01/2023 | Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga

Location

Millers Flat Bridge

Entry no. 5217

List Entry Information

Overview

Detailed List Entry

Status

Listed

List Entry Status

Historic Place Category 2

Access

Able to Visit

List Number

5217

Date Entered

19th April 1990

Date of Effect

19th April 1990

City/District Council

Central Otago District

Region

Otago Region

Extent of List Entry

Extent includes part of the land described as Legal Road and Legal River, Otago Land District, and the structure known as Millers Flat Bridge thereon. Refer to the extent map tabled at the Heritage New Zealand Board meeting on 11 December 2014.

Legal description

Legal Road and Legal River, Otago Land District

Location Description

Spanning Clutha River.

Overview

Status
Listed

List Entry Status
Historic Place Category 2

Access
Able to Visit

List Number
5217

Date Entered
19th April 1990

Date of Effect
19th April 1990

City/District Council
Central Otago District

Region
Otago Region

Extent of List Entry

Extent includes part of the land described as Legal Road and Legal River, Otago Land District, and the structure known as Millers Flat Bridge thereon. Refer to the extent map tabled at the Heritage New Zealand Board meeting on 11 December 2014.

Legal description

Legal Road and Legal River, Otago Land District

Location Description

Spanning Clutha River.

Detailed List Entry

Construction Professional

Biography

No biography is currently available for this construction professional

Name

J & A Andersons Ltd

Type

Builder

Biography

Robert Hay (1847-1928) was a London-born civil engineer. He arrived in New Zealand in 1865 and worked first for the Provincial Government, and then for David Proudfoot, as an assistant in the construction of the Port Chalmers railway. From 1876 until 1920 he was in private practice, and was engineer for the Taieri and Tuapeka counties, as well as for the Dunedin boroughs of North East Valley, West Harbour, Mornington and St Kilda, and he was consulting engineer to the City of Dunedin. He worked on various water drainage and sewerage works, railways, bridges, as well as hydroelectric and hydraulic installations throughout New Zealand. Source: Registration Review Report for Alexandra Bridge (Former), Alexandra, Sept 2013.

Name

Hay, Robert

Type

Engineer

Construction Details

Finish Year

1899

Start Year

1897

Type

Original Construction

Construction Materials

Steel

Reference

Completion Date

24th November 2014

Report Written By

Heather Bauchop

Information Sources

Thornton, 2001

Geoffrey Thornton, Bridging the Gap, Early Bridges in New Zealand 1830-1939, Auckland, 2001

Report Written By

This place was identified as significant under previous legislation with different information requirements. It remains significant under the current legislation. There is opportunity under our legislation and policies to add to this information. Further information about this place may be available from the Otago/Southland Office of Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga. A fully referenced upgrade report is available on request from the Otago/Southalad Area Office of Heritage New Zealand. Please note that entry on the New Zealand Heritage List/Rarangi Korero identifies only the heritage values of the property concerned, and should not be construed as advice on the state of the property, or as a comment of its soundness or safety, including in regard to earthquake risk, safety in the event of fire, or insanitary conditions.

Further Information

Current Usages

Uses: Transport

Specific Usage: Bridge/ Viaduct

Former Usages

Themes

Web Links

description: Engineering NZ Heritage

url: https://www.engineeringnz.org/our-work/heritage/heritage-records/millers-flat-bridge/

Millers Flat Bridge

Millers Flat Bridge

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