Chimney Stacks And Boiler House at White Bay Power Station, framed against the sky, the twin chimneys of White Bay Power.
Chimney Stacks And Boiler House at White Bay Power Station, framed against the sky, the twin chimneys of White Bay Power.

Chimney Stacks And Boiler House

Provenance

Camera
NIKON D810
Lens
14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Settings
14mm · f/8.0 · 1/640 · ISO 320
Paper
Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm

The twin chimneys of White Bay Power Station above the boilerhouse, rust-streaked and tied by guy wires. They remain visible from many points across Sydney Harbour. The station came on line in May 1917 after construction begun June 1912.

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Chimney Stacks And Boiler House at White Bay Power Station, framed against the sky, the twin chimneys of White Bay Power.Chimney Stacks And Boiler House at White Bay Power Station, framed against the sky, the twin chimneys of White Bay Power.Chimney Stacks And Boiler House at White Bay Power Station, framed against the sky, the twin chimneys of White Bay Power.Chimney Stacks And Boiler House at White Bay Power Station, framed against the sky, the twin chimneys of White Bay Power.Chimney Stacks And Boiler House at White Bay Power Station, framed against the sky, the twin chimneys of White Bay Power.
01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title
Chimney Stacks And Boiler House
Series
White Bay Power Station
Catalogue
WBP-123
Process
Giclée
Captured
24 February 2017
Camera
NIKON D810
Lens
14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture
f/8.0
Shutter
1/640 s
ISO
320
Focal length
14 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
03 THE STORY

About this print

The chimney stacks and the boiler house at White Bay Power Station fill the frame, the chimneys rising above the long red-brick facade of the boiler house behind. The stacks are tall steel cylinders, painted dark, weathered along the prevailing wind side. The boiler house facade carries the rhythm of large glazed bays between brick piers, the windows reaching most of the height of the wall. Above the bays, castellated parapets carry the roofline. Steam funnels and stacks rise above the parapets. The whole composition is the seaward face of the plant, framed against the sky above White Bay.

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 Sydney's trams and trains. The first generating sets came online in 1917. Two further build phases followed in 1923 to 1928 and 1945 to 1948, each adding boiler and generator capacity. The boiler house and the chimneys above it have been a visible part of the Sydney harbour skyline for over a century. The plant ran until Christmas Day 1983. The site has been state-owned and largely vacant since closure. The chimneys are still visible from many vantage points across the harbour.

04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

Framed against the sky, the twin chimneys of White Bay Power Station rise alongside the towering brick walls of the Boiler House. Their rusted surfaces, held in place by tensioned guy wires, contrast with the fractured reflections in the weathered glass below.

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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