Railway Corridor at White Bay Power Station, rail lines run flush with the concrete floor beneath a heavy steel gantry.
Railway Corridor at White Bay Power Station, rail lines run flush with the concrete floor beneath a heavy steel gantry.

Railway Corridor

Provenance

Camera
NIKON D7000
Lens
14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Settings
21mm · f/8.0 · 1/400 · ISO 160
Paper
Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm

Steel rails run through the station beneath the Ash Handling Tower, part of the internal railway that carried coal in and ash out. The site was selected partly for its direct rail access, which allowed coal delivery without road transport.

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Railway Corridor at White Bay Power Station, rail lines run flush with the concrete floor beneath a heavy steel gantry.Railway Corridor at White Bay Power Station, rail lines run flush with the concrete floor beneath a heavy steel gantry.Railway Corridor at White Bay Power Station, rail lines run flush with the concrete floor beneath a heavy steel gantry.Railway Corridor at White Bay Power Station, rail lines run flush with the concrete floor beneath a heavy steel gantry.Railway Corridor at White Bay Power Station, rail lines run flush with the concrete floor beneath a heavy steel gantry.
01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title
Railway Corridor
Series
White Bay Power Station
Catalogue
WBP-059
Process
Giclée
Captured
13 November 2015
Camera
NIKON D7000
Lens
14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture
f/8.0
Shutter
1/400 s
ISO
160
Focal length
21 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

The railway corridor at White Bay Power Station runs at a lower level of the plant, the floor a mix of concrete and original rail track bed. Steel rails are still set in the floor in sections, the track gauge visible in the spacing. Overhead clearance is high enough for small rolling stock. The walls are brick, the same construction as the main plant buildings. Cable trays and conduit runs are fixed to the walls above head height. The far end of the corridor connects to the coal handling area; the near end opens onto a loading bay. The brick shows water staining and efflorescence along the lower courses.

White Bay Power Station was sited at White Bay specifically for its rail and dock access. Coal arrived by ship at the wharf and was moved through the plant by rail, feeding the coal bunkers and conveyor systems that supplied the eight Babcock and Wilcox boilers. The station was built by the NSW Government Railways from 1912, and the internal rail network was part of the original design. The corridor carried loaded coal wagons and ash-disposal traffic throughout the station's operational life from 1917 to 1983. After the Christmas Day 1983 shutdown the rail infrastructure was progressively abandoned in place. The heritage listing in April 1999 recognised the rail access as part of the site's historical significance.

04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

Rail lines run flush with the concrete floor beneath a heavy steel gantry. Riveted cross-bracing and I-beams frame the corridor overhead, rust bleeding down every surface in streaks of deep orange and brown. To the left, cylindrical steel vessels sit on concrete plinths, their painted surfaces blistered and flaking. To the right, a brick and concrete wall meets corrugated sheeting, some panels replaced with glass that throws hard reflections. Sunlight falls through the open structure and heats the ground.

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

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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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