Administration Entrance at White Bay Power Station, a concrete ramp leads directly to the main entrance.
Administration Entrance at White Bay Power Station, a concrete ramp leads directly to the main entrance.

Administration Entrance

Provenance

Camera
NIKON D7000
Lens
14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Settings
16mm · f/8.0 · 1/125 · ISO 100
Paper
Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm

The administration entrance at White Bay Power Station shows years of decay. Sunlight falls across a peeling wall, revealing faded paint and crumbling plaster. Empty corridors stretch into the building's silent interior.

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Administration Entrance at White Bay Power Station, a concrete ramp leads directly to the main entrance.Administration Entrance at White Bay Power Station, a concrete ramp leads directly to the main entrance.Administration Entrance at White Bay Power Station, a concrete ramp leads directly to the main entrance.Administration Entrance at White Bay Power Station, a concrete ramp leads directly to the main entrance.Administration Entrance at White Bay Power Station, a concrete ramp leads directly to the main entrance.
01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title
Administration Entrance
Series
White Bay Power Station
Catalogue
WBP-001
Process
Giclée
Captured
13 November 2015
Camera
NIKON D7000
Lens
14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture
f/8.0
Shutter
1/125 s
ISO
100
Focal length
16 mm
Paper
Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm
Paper size
290 × 200 mm
Location
Rozelle, New South Wales, Australia
Authenticity
C2PA verified provenance →
Recognised by
Highly Commended in Multimedia at the 2016 National Trust of Australia (NSW) Heritage Awards
02 LOCATION

Rozelle, New South Wales, Australia

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03 THE STORY

About this print

A concrete ramp leads directly to the main entrance at White Bay Power Station. The green timber door sits closed beneath a carved stone lintel reading POWER STATION, with NSWR&T set into the facade above. Flanking panels are painted a faded mauve. Chain-link fencing and steel palisade rails line both sides of the approach. The sandstone walls of the Administration Building rise behind the entrance, weathered to a dark grey. The lights are off. The door has not been opened for normal business in over four decades. The lettering is the most explicit thing on the facade.

White Bay Power Station was built by the NSW Government Railways and Tramways from 1912 onwards as a coal-fired plant supplying traction current to the Sydney tram network and parts of the suburban rail system. The first generating sets came online in 1917. Two further build phases followed in 1923 to 1928 and 1945 to 1948. At peak the station employed around 500 to 600 people. The plant was the longest-serving of Sydney's metropolitan power stations, running until Christmas Day 1983. The site has been state-owned and mostly vacant since closure, opened occasionally for arts and film, including the 2024 Biennale of Sydney. The NSWR&T lettering is still set into the stone.

04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

A concrete ramp leads directly to the main entrance. The green timber door sits closed beneath a carved stone lintel reading "POWER STATION," with "NSWR&T" set into the facade above. Flanking panels are painted a faded mauve. Chain-link fencing and steel palisade rails line both sides of the approach, their pale green paint flaking to rust. Windows on the upper storey are boarded with plywood. Dark water stains streak the rendered concrete walls. A warning sign is fixed to the door. No light comes from inside.

Brett Patman

White Bay Power Station

The series

White Bay Power Station

2015–2018 · 124 photographs

Bricklayers laid 3.7 million bricks at White Bay across three and a quarter years of Phase 1 construction, on Wanngal Country at the western edge of Rozelle. The New South Wales Government Railways ran the build through its own Construction Department. By 3 July 1913, boilers and alternators were running before the buildings that housed them were complete.

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05 SIZE GUIDE

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07 MORE FROM WHITE BAY POWER STATION

123 other prints in this series

All prints
Control Room at White Bay Power Station, a curved control console wraps across the room in a wide arc.
Control Room $100.00
Turbine Hall at White Bay Power Station, reinforced concrete walls rise three storeys on each side, their surfaces stained.
Turbine Hall $100.00
Glass Curtain at White Bay Power Station, a towering mosaic of glass and steel, where light filters through dust-streaked.
Glass Curtain $100.00
Turbine and Condenser at White Bay Power Station, a steam turbine and its condenser sit on the operating floor of White Bay.
Turbine and Condenser $100.00
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