Victorian Collections logo
Marysville & District Historical Society
From the collection of Marysville & District Historical Society
2086 Items featured online

Photograph (Item) - Black and white photograph, Corduroy Road Beyond Cumberland Bridge, c1900

  • Shows a corduroy road running through a forest. The title of the photograph is along the upper edge in black ink. On the reverse of the photograph is a stamp from the Armstrong Collection at 42 Station Street in Sandringham in Victoria.

    Corduroy Road Beyond Cumberland Bridge

Historical information

An early black and white photograph of a corduroy road running through the forest near Marysville in Victoria.

Significance

An early black and white photograph of a corduroy road running through the forest near Marysville in Victoria.
A corduroy road (or log road) is a type of road or timber trackway made by placing logs, perpendicular to the direction of the road over a low or swampy area. The result is an improvement over impassable mud or dirt roads, yet rough in the best of conditions and a hazard to horses due to shifting loose logs.

Keywords

TOP
Back to top