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Photograph of waterfront at Pyrmont, July 1937

from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

  • viettran2010 said:
    caugyh

Side walls electric tramcar house

from Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection

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  • uminarampart said:
    Church of st Laurence to the left.great pic. whos the kid?
  • beachcomber australia said:
    uminarampart dunno whos the kid, but he is immortalized on a glass negative. There is a great series of photos of the building of the Ultimo Powerhouse (now the Powerhouse Museum) in Photo Investigator. Electricity needed primarily for the new tramway network and street lighting. Tramcar House was next door.
  • Mich said:
    Where is this alleged tramway house supposedly at ?
  • highplains68 said:
    I think it was on the site of Belmore Park off Pitt St and of course pre-dated both the Central Station we know today and the City Railway.
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Mich highplains68 As mentioned above, this tramway house was next to the Ultimo Powerhouse, now the Powerhouse Museum. I think the tramcar house is still there, see GoogleMapsSatellite photo - maps.google.com.au/maps?q=Sydney+NSW&hl=en&ll=-33...

Tramway Power House at New Farm, Brisbane, 1929

from State Library of Queensland

  • Vesna Verencevic said:
    New Farm Powerhouse (now Brisbane Powerhouse) was established in the early 1900s. It was designed by council Tramway Architect Roy Rusden Ogg and constructed in stages between 1928 and 1940. Strategically built on the eastern riverside point of what is now New Farm Park, the water from the river provided cooling while the rail link supplied coal. The Powerhouse was an important part of the tramway system as it supplied electricity to the trams, as well as a range of inner-city suburbs. However, when trams were replaced by buses, the Council sold the building to the state and the Powerhouse was officially decommissioned in 1971. The Powerhouse may have ceased operation but it opened its doors to a new crowd. The building then became a shelter for the homeless, a site for target practice for the army, a location for film-makers, and a haven for graffiti artists who want to display their artwork which are now officially known as heritage-listed aerosol art. Source: newfarmnews.com.au/rich-history-brisbane-powerhouse-power...