White Bay Power Station

If you have ever walked
or driven across the Anzac Bridge in Sydney, you may have noticed a large interesting
brick building with four tall large chimneys on the shore of White Bay. This was
the White Bay Power Station, a heritage listed former coal-fired power station
that has been inactive for almost 40 years. What next for this amazing site.

White Bay Power Station took
some time to build and construct. It took from 1912 to 1917 to supply and stabilize
electricity for the expansion of Sydney’s tram and rail system.

The power station
underwent many changes and upgrades in area.

1953 it was moved under
the control of the Electricity Commission of NSW. It then supplied power to the
electricity directly and constantly to the grid

It was decommissioned in
1983 on Christmas Day.

White Bay Power Station
was a powerhouse of electricity and it had the record as the longest serving
power station in Sydney.

In 1999 the White Bay
Power Station was listed on the NSW State Heritage Register.

 

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