White Bay Power Station c.1912

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White Bay Power Station was initially built by NSW Rail Commissioners to provide power for Sydney's growing rail network.

The power station was constructed in two stages. The first stage, built between 1912 and 1917, consisted of a boiler house, standing roughly where the present boiler house stands, and part of the turbine hall and switch house. The second stage, which commenced in 1925, saw the completion of the turbine hall and switch house.

After the Second World War, the first boiler house was demolished and, between 1950 and 1958, replaced in two stages with the present boiler house.

By the 1970s, demand for power from White Bay had diminished to such an extent that the second boiler house was pulled down and the turbines sold. The power station was decommissioned on 25 December 1983.

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the power station was gradually stripped, except for items identified for heritage conservation

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