Urban Growth NSW held a Bays Precinct Discovery Day. The Bays Precinct consists of 80 hectares of government-owned land and 94 hectares of waterways, all within 2 kilometres of the Sydney CBD.
Part of this is the site of The White Bay Power Station. I have been itching to get down around there for an eon.
White Bay Power Station is a heritage-listed former coal-fired power station sitting on 3.8 hectares of land.
This power station was originally built by the Department of Railways to supply more power for Sydney’s growing Electric Tramway System in 1912 (and was later expanded for the City and Suburban Railway Electrification in the mid 1920s).The station was mothballed in 1970, but was retained for emergencies; its last operational use was during the power crisis of 1984. Though modernised and upgraded over the years since first constructed, its interior retains most of the equipment in place when it was finally closed. This retained equipment makes it a fairly unique and interesting survivor.
one of inner Sydney's oldest and most significant industrial sites, is likely to be redeveloped as the NSW Heritage Council reviews the plant's conservation plan.
The power station and the adjacent White Bay Hotel have been landmarks for generations of motorists, located on Victoria Road at the exit from the Anzac Bridge.
From 1917 until its decommissioning in 1983, the power station was the longest-serving of Sydney's four power plants. It was heritage listed at the urging of the National Trust.
Sadly they were not letting visitors inside the structure but just walking around the outside was amazing enough - so much rust and wonderful shapes and lines.
I played around with processing this image so it represented best what I felt and saw. I made a collage of the other edits - http://365project.org/annied/people-and-plac/2015-04-12
Great shot and lots of rust. Our government closed down a power station at Marsa a few weeks ago. But like this one, it is being kept for an emergency.
@leananiemand thank you most kindly Leana
@sangwann soon this one will be part of an Urban renewal program - I just hope they don't ruin the atmosphere and history
@bella_ss I agree - weird things are happening lol