34-485: White Bay may refer to a number of geographic locations: White Bay (New South Wales) , Sydney, Australia White Bay (Newfoundland) , Canada White Bay, British Virgin Islands Bahía Blanca ( White Bay ) in the south east of the province of Buenos Aires , Argentina White Bay, Umm Al Quwain - United Arab Emirates [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
68-525: A continuous rating of 18.75 MW was brought into use as the new unit no. 4, followed by a second identical unit (no. 5) in 1925. Another 8 Babcock &Wilcox, balanced draught, cross tube marine type boilers were built. They each produced 70,000 lb/hour at 215 psi and 600 °F (316 °C) were installed in the 'A' boiler house. This was the end of the first stage of construction, with five 25 Hz turbo-alternators in final configuration, for 58.5 MW. Turbo-alternator no.2 were retired in 1946 along with
102-442: A continuous rating of 22 MW, they were numbered 6, 7 and 8. Steam was supplied by 9 Babcox and Wilcox CTM chain grate boilers. Each boiler produced 80,000 lbs/hour at a pressure of 275 psi and a temperature of 640 °F (338 °C). In 1928, a single 20 MW unit supplied by Parsons was brought into use (no.9), giving the second stage (B Station) a capacity of 86 MW, and the station a total of 144.5 MW. The BTH units experienced
136-493: A continuous rating of 8.7 MW and a two-hour rating of 10.5 MW. The first alternator was tested in 1913, before the buildings that housed it were completed. The second set was installed in 1917. Delivery of the third Dick, Kerr alternator was delayed, and it was initially installed at Ultimo Power Station upon arrival from England in 1914. Owing to the delay of the third Dick Kerr alternator, a single Curtis 7.5 MW turbo-alternator from General Electric of Schenectady, New York , USA
170-591: A new cycle bridge crossing Victoria Road at the intersection of The Crescent was named the Beatrice Bush Bridge in her honour. Her newspaper trolley, hat, gloves and other clothing items are held in the Powerhouse Museum collection in Sydney. 33°51′50″S 151°11′02″E / 33.864°S 151.184°E / -33.864; 151.184 White Bay Power Station The White Bay Power Station
204-542: A number of turbine blade and ring failures from the late 1940s. Following the completion of the third stage (q.v.) in 1958, units 6 to 9 saw occasional emergency use and were decommissioned in June 1975. A 50 MW, 50 cycle turbo-alternator from Parsons was commissioned in 1951 (no. 1), followed by a second identical unit in 1955 (no. 2). These two sets were erected on the 'A' station site and all 25 Hz equipment had been removed during this third stage of development in 1948. Steam
238-519: A platform for billboards advertising to traffic on the Western Distributor , and on 5 September 2008 was destroyed by a suspicious fire and immediately demolished. The state government bought the site in June 2010. The rubble was removed on 29 October 2010 and the block levelled. The derelict White Bay Power Station dominates the landscape. On the eastern side stands the Anzac Bridge , which
272-475: A scale, quality and configuration which is becoming increasingly rare and which inspire visitors and users alike. Externally, it is a widely recognised and highly visible landmark, marking the head of White Bay and the southern entry to the Balmain Peninsula and its industrial waterfront. It retains a powerful physical presence and industrial aesthetic and is the most important surviving industrial building in
306-529: Is a heritage listed former coal -fired power station on a 38,000 m (410,000 sq ft) site in White Bay , in the suburb of Rozelle , 3 km (2 mi) from Sydney in New South Wales , Australia . The remains of the plant can be clearly seen at the western end of the Anzac Bridge on the junction of Victoria Road and Roberts Street. The station was inactive for a number of years. However
340-536: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages White Bay (New South Wales) White Bay is a bay on Sydney Harbour with a surrounding locality near the suburbs of Balmain and Rozelle in the Inner West of Sydney , New South Wales , Australia. White Bay is named after John White , the naval surgeon aboard the First Fleet to Australia in 1788. Since
374-647: The Metropolitan Goods line to larger holding yards at Chullora . Container handling moved out of White Bay in late 2004 moving to Port Botany . The White Bay Cruise Terminal opened in April 2013 replacing a terminal at Wharf 8 on Darling Harbour . White Bay is also used for marine refuelling. The White Bay Hotel was a historic hotel on Victoria Road . It was built in 1861, rebuilt in 1916, and refurbished in 1925 and 1933. It closed in 1992, landlocked by roads and with no local workers. Until 2004 it served only as
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#1732855182767408-605: The White Bay Hotel , define a major entry point to the city from the west. It is of exceptional structural significance to the State of New South Wales. White Bay Power Station was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999 having satisfied the following criteria. [REDACTED] This Misplaced Pages article contains material from White Bay Power Station , entry number 01015 in
442-429: The 50 MW Parsons units remained. Thenceforth, the remaining units saw intermittent use; their last intensive use was during power shortages in 1982. The entire power station was closed permanently on 25 December 1983. Like Pyrmont , which was also fitted with 50 MW turbo-alternators in the 1950s, some of the generating equipment at White Bay saw little more than twenty years of regular use before decommissioning. The site
476-799: The White Bay area and this was endorsed by the NSW Heritage Council in 2004. The future of the site, the now derelict buildings and the remaining contents remains uncertain. SHFA is undertaking conservation works including roof repairs to the buildings to make them weatherproof and reduce further degradation to the remaining internal plant and equipment. White Bay Power Station boasted an interesting mixture of equipment, including 25 Hertz and 50 Hz alternators, mostly from British manufacturers. The earliest plant comprised three 750 rpm 25 Hz turbo-alternators from Willans & Robinson of Rugby and Dick, Kerr & Co. of Preston, England with
510-405: The area . White Bay Power Station has strong and special associations and meanings for the local community, for former power station workers and for others who have used the site, and is of high social significance. It is a potent symbol of the area's industrial origins and working traditions, aspects of community identity that are strongly valued today by both older and new residents. It is one of
544-401: The body of associated pictorial, written archives and reports and oral history recordings, evidence for the development of technology and work practices for the generation of electrical power from coal and water. This development of power generation at White Bay contributed to the expansion of the economy of Sydney and New South Wales. As a result of its remarkably intact survival, it retains
578-423: The few surviving features in the area that provide this symbolic connection. It is the only coal based industrial structure, dependent on a waterside location, to survive adjacent to the harbour in the Sydney region. It also forms part of a closely related group of large-scale industrial structures and spaces (White Bay Container Terminal, Glebe Island Silos, Container Terminal and Anzac Bridge ) which along with
612-519: The first 4 boilers. The no. 4 machine was removed in 1951 and no. 5 removed in 1955. In 1952 the rest of the 'A' boilers were removed to make room for 'C' station. All 25 Hz equipment had been removed by 1958, coinciding with the gradual closure of the Sydney tram network . In 1926, the first 50 cycle equipment was brought into use. This comprised three Australian General Electric turbines with British Thomson-Houston alternators which ran at 1,500 rpm, with
646-565: The first phase of work on The White Bay Power Station in 1912. The plant, constructed in the Federation Anglo-Dutch architectural style , was fully operational from 1917 with two further phases of development occurring between the years 1923–1928 and 1945–1948 which further increased the stations electricity output. It remained under the control of the department until 1953 when the newly created Electricity Commission of NSW took over. Ownership moved to Pacific Power when NSW electricity
680-442: The generation of electrical power, and represent all phases from the inter-war period through to the more sophisticated technologies of the mid 20th century. They are of exceptional technical significance with research potential to yield information not available from any other source. Aesthetically, White Bay Power Station contains internal and external spaces of exceptional significance. These spaces include raw industrial spaces of
714-450: The government to redevelop the site, but pulled out in April 2017. On the 9th of March 2024 the power station opened its doors to the public for the 2024 Biennale of Sydney. White Bay Power Station was the longest serving Sydney power station and is the only one to retain a representative set of machinery and items associated with the generation of electricity in the early and mid twentieth century. It retains within its fabric, and in
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#1732855182767748-581: The nineteenth century the bay has been used for water-based transport and industrial activities. In conjunction with adjacent Glebe Island it has been a multipurpose port , owned and controlled by the Government of New South Wales since 1901. White Bay was the first port in New South Wales to handle containerised shipping , opening in 1969 on reclaimed land. In the 1970s there were several companies operating container terminals, with rail transfer via
782-570: The plant have been arranged by organisations such as the Historic Houses Trust and Australia ICOMOS . One of each piece of power plant machinery remains on the site to demonstrate the process of generating power from coal should public tours or redevelopment ever take place in the future. The site forms part of the New South Wales Government's Bays Precinct urban renewal area. Google had expressed interest in working with
816-625: The plant reopened for the 2024 Sydney Biennale art exhibition. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999. The station is often wrongly referred to as the Balmain Power Station , a plant originally located in Iron Cove , which has since been demolished. To satisfy the power requirements for the expansion of the Sydney tram and rail network, the New South Wales Government Railways began
850-426: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=White_Bay&oldid=385534743 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
884-477: The unique ability to demonstrate, by its location, massing, design, machinery and associated archives, the influence and dominance that early power-generating technology exerted on the lives and urban fabric of inner cities in the first half of the 20th century. The extant items within the surviving operational systems are of an impressive scale and exhibit a high degree of creative and technical achievement in their design and configuration. They encompass all aspects of
918-451: Was a popular venue for photographers and film and television productions. Productions at the power station include The Matrix Reloaded , Red Planet and a number of Australian television series, including Water Rats , and advertisements. A metal staircase constructed during the making of The Matrix Reloaded remains in the boiler house. It was used in 2012 as a filming site for The Great Gatsby . Occasional licensed guided tours of
952-424: Was brought into temporary use in 1917 in the unit number four position. The third Dick Kerr alternator was transferred from Ultimo to White Bay as unit no. 3 in 1918, giving the station an initial capacity of 28.5 MW. Steam was supplied by 8 Babcock & Wilcox, WIF long drum, chain grate, boilers. They each produced 30,000 lb/hour at a pressure of 205 psi and a temperature of 588 °F (309 °C). Unit no. 1
986-610: Was completed in 1996 and is the main arterial link between the inner west and Sydney city. Below the bridge lies its predecessor, the Glebe Island Bridge , which opened in 1903. For 25 years from 1971 to just before her death in 1996, one of Sydney's true characters, Beatrice Olive ("Beattie") Bush, sold papers to passing motorists at the junction of The Crescent ( City West Link ) and Victoria Road . Every morning in all weather, wearing Balmain Tigers socks and running shoes, Beatrice
1020-425: Was decommissioned in 1944, but its alternator was reconfigured for use as a synchronous condenser, for correction of power factor in the 25 cycle per second grid. The other 2 sets were scrapped by 1948. The temporary General Electric unit was removed in the early 1920s to accommodate the expansion of the station as originally planned. In 1924, a 1,500 rpm 25 c/s turbo-alternator from English Electric Australia having
1054-507: Was deregulated in 1995. White Bay was the longest serving of Sydney's metropolitan power stations and ceased production on Christmas Day in 1983. During the 1990s, the site was decontaminated, asbestos was removed and the majority of the remaining machinery taken away. In 2000, the plant was sold to the Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority (SHFA) for around A$ 4m. The SHFA has produced a conservation management plan for
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1088-526: Was in place from 1955, was not fully operational until 1958. By that time, the power station was unrecognizable from its original appearance. The capacity of the third stage of development was 100 MW, bringing the total to 186 MW, although this maximum was rarely attained. As the Electricity Commission of New South Wales built new power stations, White Bay became a peak load supplier. Units 6 to 9 were decommissioned in 1975 and removed, thereafter only
1122-546: Was part of the drive to work for thousands of motorists. The 1984 song The White Bay Paper Seller by Judy Small was written about Beatrice. The 1986 painting Beatrice the Paper-Seller of the White Bay Intersection by Susan Dorothea White shows Beatrice Bush running between the cars and trucks, selling newspapers in the rain. The 2004 documentary, The Paper Queen by Julie Nebauer documented her life. In 2005
1156-407: Was supplied from 4 Babcock + Wilcox pulverized coal high pressure boilers. Each boiler produced 225,000 lb/hour at 650PSI and 840 °F (449 °C). The No.5 turbo-alternator, an English Electric 18.75 MW 25 Hz, continued to operate for some time afterwards, using steam diverted from the new high pressure boilers. Owing to delays in boiler installation, the second 50 MW Parsons unit, which
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