Urangan Pier | |
|---|---|
 Urangan Pier on Christmas 2013 | |
| Coordinates | 25°16′46″S 152°54′21″E / 25.2794°S 152.9058°E |
| Carries | Pedestrians Used to carry trains & produce |
| Locale | Urangan, Queensland, Australia |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Pier |
| Material | Timber |
| Total length | 868 metres (2,848 ft) |
| History | |
| Construction start | 1913 |
| Construction end | 1917 |
| Closed | 1985 (for commercial use) |
| Location | |
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Urangan Pier is a historic pier in Urangan, Hervey Bay, Queensland, Australia.
It is a former deep-water, cargo-handling facility originally built to facilitate the export of sugar, timber and coal. The pier, served by the extension of the railway line from Pialba,[1] was used for the transfer of cargo between rail and ships. It was built between 1913 and 1917,[2] originally to a length of 1124 metres. The pier was closed in 1985, and 239 metres of it was demolished. However, due to public outcry, 868 metres of the pier was left, and the land was given to the Hervey Bay City Council (now the Fraser Coast Regional Council).[3][4]
By 2009 the last 220-metre section of the pier had been fully restored, and the original timber pylons had been replaced with steel pylons with a plastic covering.[3]
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- ^ "Urangan Point State School, Block D (entry 601375)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 23 March 2010.
- ^ a b "Part of Urangan Pier to be Closed". Hervey Bay Gossip. 1 March 2009. Archived from the original on 12 March 2010. Retrieved 19 March 2010.
- ^ "Urangan Pier". ozimages. Archived from the original on 8 March 2009. Retrieved 19 March 2010.