Bridgewater

Bridgewater is rural township on the Calder Highway where it crosses the Loddon River, 35 km north-west of Bendigo.

The township began as a settlement for miners at Inglewood, 6 km away, because the water at Inglewood became unsuitable for drinking. Within two years of the settlement occurring a bridge (1862) was built across the Loddon River at Bridgewater.