Red Tank Road Design Story
Where Steam Once Stopped
The first steam engine wheezed and coughed its way into the Bright station on 17th October, 1890.
The large red rivetted cast iron tank than stands on the hill behind old Mill Park held 20,000 gallons of water, enough to fill two thirsty steam engines before their return journey back to Melbourne.
When the steam engines stopped coming to Bright, this tank became fire-fighting storage for the timber mill.
The tank is noted in the Bright Heritage Report, and has been carefully maintained in its original condition.
It stands as a sentinel watching over Old Mill Park, Ned’s, Eliza’s and the historic station precinct.
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Within the surrounding alpine peaks, river valleys, and high plains of this region are the boundaries where the traditional lands of the Dhudhuroa, Taungurung, Waywurru, Gunaikurnai, and Jaithmathang peoples meet. We acknowledge these First Peoples as the original storytellers and Traditional Custodians of the Alpine Shire and pay our respects to Elders past, present, and emerging.
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