Turbine Hall Facing South

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Camera: NIKON D7000
Lens: 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Settings: 21mm · f/8.0 · 1.3s · ISO 100
Paper: Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm

The Turbine Hall facing south, the floor marked by plinths and voids from equipment removed during the 1990s decontamination. Most of the station's machinery was taken out during that process. The hall structure, the overhead travelling cranes, and the operating floor remain.

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01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title: Turbine Hall Facing South
Series: White Bay Power Station
Catalogue: WBP-083
Process: Giclée
Captured: 13 November 2015
Camera: NIKON D7000
Lens: 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture: f/8.0
Shutter: 1.3s 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

Looking south across the turbine hall at White Bay Power Station, the full length of the hall extends to the far wall, the turbine pedestals reducing in apparent size toward the southern end. Overhead travelling crane rails run on gantry beams at roof-truss height, the crane hook blocks visible at several positions along the hall. The turbine casing tops are at floor level on the raised turbine deck, the flanged joints and instrumentation points accessible from the walkways on either side. Windows in the south wall let in light across the full width of the hall. The floor carries oil staining in the pattern of maintenance activity: heaviest at the turbine inspection access points and lighter between the pedestals.

The turbine hall at White Bay Power Station runs the length of the A, B, and C Station sections of the site, with each build phase adding turbine bays to the south of the previous installation. The NSW Government Railways began the original A Station turbine hall in 1912, with the first alternators running in 1913. The B Station expansion from 1923 to 1928 extended the hall southward, adding Parsons turbines up to 20 MW. The two 50 MW Parsons units installed in the 1950s were the last machinery added to the station, and the rated output reached its peak of 186 MW in 1958. The station ran until Christmas Day 1983 and was heritage listed in April 1999. The hall's overhead cranes were used throughout for turbine overhauls.

04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

The turbine hall at White Bay Power Station runs deep into the building, its reinforced concrete columns repeating down both walls. Steel roof trusses span the full width overhead. Below, rectangular pits sit open where generating sets were bolted to massive foundations. Red safety railings edge the voids. A control room is mounted on the left wall, its switchgear and instrument dials still in place. Light enters through tall industrial windows on both sides, falling flat across grey concrete and pale blue steelwork. Dust and grit cover every surface.

Brett Patman

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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