WHITE BAY POWER STATION

The site

• White Bay Power Station is located on a 3.4-hectare parcel of land bounded by Victoria Road to the west, Robert Street to the north and White Bay to the east and south.
• The site is listed on the State Heritage Register.
• White Bay Power Station is owned by Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority.
• Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority completed a Conservation Management Plan (CMP) for the power station which was endorsed by the Heritage Council in January 2004. For more information view the CMP.

Its history

• Construction of the power station commenced in 1912 by the NSW Railway Commissioners.
• The power station was originally constructed to provide power to Sydney’s growing rail network.
• The power station was constructed in two stages. The first involved the construction of the original boiler house and part of the turbine hall and switch house. The second saw the demolition of the original boiler house and construction of a new boiler house between 1950 and 1958.
• As demand for electricity increased, the power station began supplying electricity for general use along with other power stations at Pyrmont, Ultimo and Balmain.
• The White Bay Power Station ceased operations on Christmas Day, 1983.

Short to medium term uses

• Now is the perfect time to begin thinking about possible future uses of the power station.