tarboat's photos with the keyword: sydney

To satisfy the power requirements for the expansion of the Sydney tram and rail network, the New South Wales Government Railways began the first phase of work on The White Bay Power Station in 1912. The plant, constructed in the Federation Anglo-Dutch architectural style, was fully operational from 1917 but two further phases of development, 1923-1928 and 1945-1948, saw the station expand even further. It remained under the control of the department until 1953 when the newly created Electricity Commission of NSW took over. Ownership moved to Pacific Power when NSW electricity was deregulated in 1995. In later years the generation capacity comprised 186 MW made up of three Australian General Electric turbines with British Thomson-Houston alternators which ran at 1,500 rpm, with a continuous rating of 22 MW, they were numbered 6, 7 and 8. Steam was supplied by 9 Babcock and Wilcox CTM chain grate boilers. Each boiler produced 80,000 lbs/hour at a pressure of 275 psi and a temperature of 640 deg F. In 1928, a single 20 MW unit supplied by Parsons was brought into use (no.9, In addition a 50 MW, 50 cycle turbo-alternator from Parsons was commissioned in 1951 (no. 1), followed by a second identical unit in 1955 (no. 2). These two sets were erected on the original 'A' station site. Units 6 to 9 were decommissioned in 1975 and removed, whereafter only the 50 MW Parsons units remained. Thenceforth, the remaining units saw intermittent use; their last intensive use was during power shortages in 1982. The entire power station was closed permanently on 25 December 1983. The buildings are on the heritage list with some of the generating machinery still in situ.

Coach on the Indian Pacific from Sydney to Perth before departure. We travelled on the train as far as Broken Hill where arrival was several hours late.

When I visited Australia there were a few hours to wait in Sydney before catching the train across the country. The time was spent in walking across the city and viewing a few of the tourist attractions. We started with a proper breakfast in a cafe close to the harbour and then moved on to Circular Quay. This is said to have been the site of the initial landing of the First Fleet in Port Jackson on 26 January 1788. I wonder what those 18th century arrivals would have made of the place today?

The Grace Building is a historic building located in Sydney, New South Wales Australia. Designed by Morrow & Gordon and built by Kell & Rigby during the late 1920s, it was opened in 1930 by Grace Brothers (!), the Australian department store magnates, as their headquarters. The building was Inspired by the neo-Gothic Tribune Tower in Chicago and designed for a department store on the first two floors and office rental space above. It was extensively refurbished and restored in the 1990s and since June 1997, it has operated as a luxury hotel known as "the Grace Sydney".

The Palisade Hotel at Millers Point in Sydney was designed by Henry D. opened in 1912, replacing an earlier hotel of the same name. The name came from the palisade fence built between Munn Street and Bettington Street. It overlooks the wharves in Walsh Bay and was once popular with the dock workers in the area. The business closed for renovations some years ago and was still boarded and empty when I visited in 2012.

There is a surprising amount of terracotta architecture in Sydney. I do not know what this building on Hay Street in the centre of the city was when first built, but it has some fine decorative detail.

Hickson Road roundabout - Sydney waterfront.