Tramway Power House, 1900
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Tramway Power House, Rushcutters Bay
Dated: c. 01/01/1900
Digital ID: 4481_a026_000273
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Dated: c. 01/01/1900
Digital ID: 4481_a026_000273
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2 years ago a contributor from Perth, Australia suggested this image location is -33.8754, 151.23
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This Powerhouse drove the cable tramway from King Street wharf to Ocean Street Edgecliff from 1894 to electrification in 1905. Ref. www.cable-car-guy.com/html/ccoznz.html
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This "Cable Tram Power House" is marked on this 1903 interactive map, though I cannot tell EXACTLY where - www.nla.gov.au/apps/cdview?pi=nla.map-rm1635-sd&rgn=0...
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Thanks for adding this info and those dates. Perhaps the "Cable Tram Power House" on the map is the tiny square under the red line, where the text is?
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Found it! It is the marked square north of the road, left of the "C" of 'Cable'. A 'sewer' flowed underneath and into Rushcutters Bay. On old maps there was a bridge there called Bentley's Bridge. Ref. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trams_in_Sydney#Watson.27s_Bay_Line
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See - http://www.flickr.com/photos/state-records-nsw/5147037837/
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Just found this 11/8/1894 Australian Town and Country Journal article which gives full details of the new cable tramway operation and this powerhouse in amazing detail - Article - trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/71262625 Illustrations - trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/page/6134354
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Evidently all the cable tramway machinery was removed in February 1906 after 13 years service, and sold to the Portland Cement Company - trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/114231193