Newport Railway Workshops (1886)

• Best surviving 19th century railway workshops in the world and one of Australia's most outstanding items of industrial heritage.
• Workshops were one of Victoria's largest and best equipped engineering establishments, with up to 5,000 employees on site.
• Reflects prevailing spirit of confidence and optimism in a period of great wealth and growth in the Victorian Railways and Victoria generally.
• Contains rare examples of equipment and machinery associated with railway manufacture.