Turbine Hall Corridor at White Bay Power Station, a narrow corridor runs between poured concrete and exposed brick beneath.
Turbine Hall Corridor at White Bay Power Station, a narrow corridor runs between poured concrete and exposed brick beneath.

Turbine Hall Corridor

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Camera
NIKON D7000
Lens
14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Settings
21mm · f/8.0 · 2.5s · ISO 100
Paper
Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm

A chipped and worn concrete corner in the corridor beneath the Turbine Hall, scrape marks on the walls from decades of heavy equipment passing through. The turbines above required large components to move in and out during maintenance throughout the station's life from 1917 to 1983.

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Turbine Hall Corridor at White Bay Power Station, a narrow corridor runs between poured concrete and exposed brick beneath.Turbine Hall Corridor at White Bay Power Station, a narrow corridor runs between poured concrete and exposed brick beneath.Turbine Hall Corridor at White Bay Power Station, a narrow corridor runs between poured concrete and exposed brick beneath.Turbine Hall Corridor at White Bay Power Station, a narrow corridor runs between poured concrete and exposed brick beneath.Turbine Hall Corridor at White Bay Power Station, a narrow corridor runs between poured concrete and exposed brick beneath.
01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title
Turbine Hall Corridor
Series
White Bay Power Station
Catalogue
WBP-080
Process
Giclée
Captured
13 November 2015
Camera
NIKON D7000
Lens
14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture
f/8.0
Shutter
2.5s s
ISO
100
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

A corridor in the turbine hall area at White Bay Power Station connects the main turbine hall floor to the switch house, the boilerhouse link way, and the service lifts. The corridor walls are painted brick, the paint applied in successive coats over decades, the most recent application a pale cream over earlier green. The floor is concrete with a non-slip aggregate finish worn smooth at the centre by foot traffic. Steel-framed doors with wired glass panels are fitted at each end of the corridor. A fire hose reel cabinet is mounted on the wall with a cast-iron surround. Emergency exit signage above each door is a painted metal plate. Cable trays overhead carry instrumentation and control cabling between the turbine hall and the switch house.

Service corridors at White Bay Power Station formed the circulation network between the main plant areas. The turbine hall, boilerhouse, switch house, and administration building were linked by covered corridors that allowed operators and maintenance staff to move between areas without going outside. During continuous operation the station was staffed around the clock, and the movement of personnel between the control room, the boilerhouse, and the turbine hall was a constant feature of each shift. White Bay ran from 1917 to Christmas Eve 1983. The corridors reflect the station's multiple build phases: the A Station links from 1917, the B Station additions from the 1920s, and the C Station connections from the 1950s.

04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

A narrow corridor runs between poured concrete and exposed brick beneath the turbine hall at White Bay Power Station. The concrete wall carries deep score marks and gouges along its full length, ground in by decades of heavy equipment passing through tight clearance. Grit covers the floor. Steel-framed windows to the left let in a cold wash of daylight. Ahead, the passage narrows into darkness before opening at a distant doorway.

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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