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Industry

Abattoirs

Industry Gallery 2
Glebe Island Abattoirs, 1870s
Oct 11, 2018
Glebe Island Abattoirs, 1870s
Oct 11, 2018
Oct 11, 2018
Glebe Island Abattoirs, 1870s
Oct 11, 2018
Glebe Island Abattoirs, 1870s
Oct 11, 2018
Oct 11, 2018
Pickering, Glebe Island abattoirs, 1870
Oct 11, 2018
Pickering, Glebe Island abattoirs, 1870
Oct 11, 2018
Oct 11, 2018
Pickering, Glebe Island abattoirs 1870
Apr 14, 2019
Pickering, Glebe Island abattoirs 1870
Apr 14, 2019
Apr 14, 2019
Killing cattle, 1879
Oct 11, 2018
Killing cattle, 1879
Oct 11, 2018
Oct 11, 2018
Killing and dressing sheep 1879
Apr 14, 2019
Killing and dressing sheep 1879
Apr 14, 2019
Apr 14, 2019
Clubbing pigs, 1879
Oct 11, 2018
Clubbing pigs, 1879
Oct 11, 2018
Oct 11, 2018
Glebe Island scalding and dressing pigs, 1879
Oct 11, 2018
Glebe Island scalding and dressing pigs, 1879
Oct 11, 2018
Oct 11, 2018

Burley Griffin Incinerator

Industry Gallery 2
Walter Burley Griffin & Marion Mahoney Griffin
Walter Burley Griffin & Marion Mahoney Griffin
Construction of new incinerator 1934 Saunders St looking SW into Blackwattle Bay
Construction of new incinerator 1934 Saunders St looking SW into Blackwattle Bay

City of Sydney Archives

Griffin Incinerator – sandstone wall on Bank Street (still remaining)
Griffin Incinerator – sandstone wall on Bank Street (still remaining)
Griffin Incinerator – rear under construction – 1930s
Griffin Incinerator – rear under construction – 1930s
Griffin Incinerator – gatehouse & weighbridge, trucks dumping garbage into pit
Griffin Incinerator – gatehouse & weighbridge, trucks dumping garbage into pit
Griffin Incinerator
Griffin Incinerator

City of Sydney Archives

Delivering garbage, Incinerator, Saunders St, late 1930s
Delivering garbage, Incinerator, Saunders St, late 1930s
Griffin Incinerator – ash collection point
Griffin Incinerator – ash collection point
Griffin Incinerator
Griffin Incinerator

City of Sydney Archives

Griffin Incinerator – garbage pit, grab crane and furnace shutes
Griffin Incinerator – garbage pit, grab crane and furnace shutes
Griffin Incinerator – grabber
Griffin Incinerator – grabber
Griffin Incinerator – landscaped bank 1938
Griffin Incinerator – landscaped bank 1938
Griffin Incinerator – landscaped gardens 1938
Griffin Incinerator – landscaped gardens 1938
Griffin Incinerator – stack detail
Griffin Incinerator – stack detail
Griffin Incinerator – tile detail – 1
Griffin Incinerator – tile detail – 1
Griffin Incinerator – tile detail – 2
Griffin Incinerator – tile detail – 2
Griffin Incinerator – twin-flued stack
Griffin Incinerator – twin-flued stack
Griffin Incinerator – rear – 1976
Griffin Incinerator – rear – 1976
Griffin Incinerator – NW facade – 1976
Griffin Incinerator – NW facade – 1976
Griffin Incinerator from Bank Street 1976
Griffin Incinerator from Bank Street 1976
Griffin Incinerator – furnace room – 1976
Griffin Incinerator – furnace room – 1976
Griffin Incinerator with stack partly dismantled c1977
Griffin Incinerator with stack partly dismantled c1977

Caneite

Industry Gallery 2
Caneite factory
Caneite factory
Caneite factory
Caneite factory
Caneite factory
Caneite factory
Defibrators
Defibrators
Defibrators
Defibrators
Defibrator
Defibrator
Heritage Sphere from Pulp House on the move November 1997
Heritage Sphere from Pulp House on the move November 1997
Decommissioned caneite factory
Decommissioned caneite factory
Defibrators in Waterfront Park
Defibrators in Waterfront Park

CSR

Industry Gallery 1
Pacific Islander sugar cane labourers
Pacific Islander sugar cane labourers
Refinery 1878
Refinery 1878
Outside Pyrmont refinery workshps ca 1878
Outside Pyrmont refinery workshps ca 1878
Small boats moored at Pyrmont refinery wharf ca1878
Small boats moored at Pyrmont refinery wharf ca1878
Some of those employed at CSR’s works in its first year of operation 1878
Some of those employed at CSR’s works in its first year of operation 1878
CSR works, circa 1880s
CSR works, circa 1880s
Free wharf at the CSR works, circa 1885
Free wharf at the CSR works, circa 1885
CSR works, 1892
CSR works, 1892
CSR works & Rotorua late 1800’s
CSR works & Rotorua late 1800’s
Looking north-east over the refinery, circa 1904
Looking north-east over the refinery, circa 1904
Tindall, CSR 1906-08
Tindall, CSR 1906-08
CSR Refinery, Boiler Station, circa 1907
CSR Refinery, Boiler Station, circa 1907
Horses in Refinery Square 1930s
Horses in Refinery Square 1930s
Bowman St near Bank St 1932
Bowman St near Bank St 1932
Fleet of Morris Commercial Leader 5-ton lorrries for sugar cartage 1939
Fleet of Morris Commercial Leader 5-ton lorrries for sugar cartage 1939
CSR
CSR
Unloading bulk sugar from ship with drays (horse and cart) at CSR wharf, Pyrmont
Unloading bulk sugar from ship with drays (horse and cart) at CSR wharf, Pyrmont
Pyrmont aerial view c1949
Pyrmont aerial view c1949
Liquid sugar delivery truck, 1965
Liquid sugar delivery truck, 1965
Aerial of Pyrmont Refinery ca 1970
Aerial of Pyrmont Refinery ca 1970
Lewis Morley, Bulldozing raw sugar
Lewis Morley, Bulldozing raw sugar
Sugar cranes, Mark Johnson
Sugar cranes, Mark Johnson
Char towers, Mark Johnson
Char towers, Mark Johnson
Refinery, coal silos, Mark Johnson
Refinery, coal silos, Mark Johnson
The factory, Micky Allan
The factory, Micky Allan
Self-portrait in front of clocking-in office, Lewis Morley
Self-portrait in front of clocking-in office, Lewis Morley
Refined sugar transported by McCaffery Services Pty Ltd, circa 1980
Refined sugar transported by McCaffery Services Pty Ltd, circa 1980
CSR Bowman St 1984
CSR Bowman St 1984
Jane Bennett, C.S.R. Sunset 1995
Jane Bennett, C.S.R. Sunset 1995

Distilling

Industry Gallery 1
Molasses fermenting vats, circa 1940
Molasses fermenting vats, circa 1940
Packing dry ice (solid carbon dioxide), 1947
Packing dry ice (solid carbon dioxide), 1947
Spirit safe in still room, 1947
Spirit safe in still room, 1947
Spirit storage vats, 1947
Spirit storage vats, 1947
Methylated spirits tanker, circa 1950s
Methylated spirits tanker, circa 1950s
Distillery Hill storage tanks 1930s-1990s
Distillery Hill storage tanks 1930s-1990s
Ethanol vats 1930s 1990s
Ethanol vats 1930s 1990s
Molasses Tanks and Distilllery 1930s-1990s
Molasses Tanks and Distilllery 1930s-1990s
Distillery Hill storage tanks 1930s-1990s
Distillery Hill storage tanks 1930s-1990s
Carbon dioxide (dry ice) compressor, 1947
Carbon dioxide (dry ice) compressor, 1947
Distilling
Distilling
Anzac Bridge and Glebe Island. 1994 CSR Distillery
Anzac Bridge and Glebe Island. 1994 CSR Distillery
CSR Distillery from the carpark 1994
CSR Distillery from the carpark 1994
Distillation process
Distillation process

Flour Milling

Industry Gallery 1
Convincing Hill, Macarthur’s windmill built in 1807
Convincing Hill, Macarthur’s windmill built in 1807
Edwin Davey Flour Mill in 1909
Edwin Davey Flour Mill in 1909

The Australasian Baker

Darling Harbour & Gillespie flour mills 1932
Darling Harbour & Gillespie flour mills 1932
Darling Harbour, Jones Bay, Gillespie Bros Flour 1930s
Darling Harbour, Jones Bay, Gillespie Bros Flour 1930s

City of Sydney Archives

Flour milling
Flour milling

Gillespie Bros flour mill, City of Sydney Archives

Gillespie Bros Flour Poster
Gillespie Bros Flour Poster
Humping bagged flour for the ship’s hold
Humping bagged flour for the ship’s hold
Fielder Gillespie Flour Mills being demolished 1992
Fielder Gillespie Flour Mills being demolished 1992

City of Sydney Archives

Union and Edward Sts. New York Hotel and Gillespie Bros Flour Mill 1992
Union and Edward Sts. New York Hotel and Gillespie Bros Flour Mill 1992

City of Sydney archives

Davey Mill facade, 2000s
Davey Mill facade, 2000s
Edwin Davey sign, 2000s
Edwin Davey sign, 2000s
Davey Flour Mill before conversion to apartments, 2012
Davey Flour Mill before conversion to apartments, 2012

Ceerose

Edwin Davey Flour Mill
Edwin Davey Flour Mill

Painted by Jane Bennett

Edwin Davey Flour Mill from the back
Edwin Davey Flour Mill from the back

Painted by Jane Bennett

Davey Flour Mill conversion 2013
Davey Flour Mill conversion 2013

Trish Curotta

Harbour Mill apartments under construction 2014
Harbour Mill apartments under construction 2014

Trish Curotta

Media and Hi-Tech

Industry Gallery 1
Channel 7
Channel 7
Channel 10
Channel 10
Media and hi-tech
Media and hi-tech

Metal Working

Industry Gallery 1
City Iron Works, Charles Pickering, 1871
City Iron Works, Charles Pickering, 1871

State Library of NSW

Metal working
Metal working

City Iron Works

ASNC engineering works 1880s
ASNC engineering works 1880s

State Library of NSW

Australian Steam Navigation Company, 1882
Australian Steam Navigation Company, 1882

State Library of NSW

Power in the Peninsula

Industry Gallery 1
Ultimo Power House
Ultimo Power House

State Library of NSW. Government Printing Office

Interior of Pyrmont power station
Interior of Pyrmont power station
Interior of powerhouse – Pyrmont, NSW 1900
Interior of powerhouse – Pyrmont, NSW 1900

State Library of NSW. At Work and Play

Pyrmont Power Station. Preparations for construction of Switch Gear House 1919-1921 August 1918
Pyrmont Power Station. Preparations for construction of Switch Gear House 1919-1921 August 1918

City of Sydney Archives

Power in the peninsula
Power in the peninsula

Pyrmont Power House. Sydney Electric Light Co. power house building with 3 smoke stacks August 1919. Pyrmont Street, City of Sydney Archives

Pyrmont Power House 5000 Volt Switch House construction November 1920
Pyrmont Power House 5000 Volt Switch House construction November 1920

City of Sydney Archives

Pyrmont Power House 5000 Volt Switch House. Construction of Switch House. January 1921
Pyrmont Power House 5000 Volt Switch House. Construction of Switch House. January 1921

City of Sydney Archives

 Boiler House Extensions. Pyrmont Power Station. August 1921
Boiler House Extensions. Pyrmont Power Station. August 1921

City of Sydney Archives

Pyrmont Power station by Mark Ray c.1976-84
Pyrmont Power station by Mark Ray c.1976-84

Quarrying

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Pyrmont Quarries
Pyrmont Quarries
Paradise quarry, 1883
Paradise quarry, 1883
Sydney Town Hall, 1889
Sydney Town Hall, 1889
GPO completed, 1891
GPO completed, 1891
A. Tischbauer, 1893, Pyrmont Quarry
A. Tischbauer, 1893, Pyrmont Quarry
Queen Victoria Market, 1896
Queen Victoria Market, 1896
Mortuary station entrance detail, 1897
Mortuary station entrance detail, 1897

John Dalton

Pyrmont quarries,1900
Pyrmont quarries,1900

State Library of Victoria

Paradise plaque 2005
Paradise plaque 2005

Refining Sugar

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Slave trade in the South Seas - seizure of the schooner Daphne
Slave trade in the South Seas - seizure of the schooner Daphne
Hoeing weeds in sugar cane Queensland
Hoeing weeds in sugar cane Queensland
Refinery 1878
Refinery 1878
Sugarcane, by Henry King, ca 1890
Sugarcane, by Henry King, ca 1890
Small mill in northern New South Wales
Small mill in northern New South Wales
CSR Childers mill, Queensland
CSR Childers mill, Queensland
Raw sugar store, circa 1930s
Raw sugar store, circa 1930s

Noel Butlin Archives Centre

Unloading bulk sugar from ship with drays (horse and cart) at CSR wharf, Pyrmont
Unloading bulk sugar from ship with drays (horse and cart) at CSR wharf, Pyrmont

Max Dupain

CSR Sugar Bag
CSR Sugar Bag
Aerial of Pyrmont Refinery ca 1970
Aerial of Pyrmont Refinery ca 1970

Max Dupain

Ethanol vats 1930s 1990s
Ethanol vats 1930s 1990s
Molasses Tanks and Distilllery 1930s-1990s
Molasses Tanks and Distilllery 1930s-1990s
Caneite factory
Caneite factory
Asbestos in Wittenoom
Asbestos in Wittenoom

Shipbuilding

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ASNC engineering works 1880s
ASNC engineering works 1880s

State Library of NSW

The Brothers, first Manly ferry built at Chowne’s shipyard
The Brothers, first Manly ferry built at Chowne’s shipyard
Shipbuilding
Shipbuilding

Patent slip belonging to Australian Steam Navigation Company 1859-1871, Frederick Garling

Australasian Steam Navigation Co. engineering works
Australasian Steam Navigation Co. engineering works

State Library of NSW

Australasian Steam Navigation Company 1871
Australasian Steam Navigation Company 1871

State Library of NSW

Australasian Steam Navigation Co. engineering works
Australasian Steam Navigation Co. engineering works

State Library of NSW

Elginshire at Pyrmont (before World War I)
Elginshire at Pyrmont (before World War I)
Australian Steam Navigation Company, 1882
Australian Steam Navigation Company, 1882

State Library of NSW

Darling Harbour works: Darling Island 1899
Darling Harbour works: Darling Island 1899

State Library of NSW

Timber

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Saxton’s steam saw mills
Saxton’s steam saw mills

Illustrated Sydney News, 25 July 1889

Goodlet & Smith, 1892
Goodlet & Smith, 1892
Goodlet & Smith building materials price list
Goodlet & Smith building materials price list
Goodlet & Smith catalogue
Goodlet & Smith catalogue
Goodlet & Smith Stained and painted windows
Goodlet & Smith Stained and painted windows
Goodlet & Smith staircase windows
Goodlet & Smith staircase windows
McKenzie sawmill Blackwattle Bay 1899
McKenzie sawmill Blackwattle Bay 1899
McKenzie catalogue
McKenzie catalogue
Messrs G. Augenson and Company's Timber Yard and Wharf at Pyrmont, 1900
Messrs G. Augenson and Company's Timber Yard and Wharf at Pyrmont, 1900

Australian Town and Country Journal

Saxton & Binns Timber Merchants
Saxton & Binns Timber Merchants

Town and Country Journal, 13 October 1900

Goodlet & Smith Steam Saw Mills
Goodlet & Smith Steam Saw Mills

Sand’s Sydney, Suburban & Country Commercial Directory, Sydney, 1910

Interior of Ingram’s timber yard 1914
Interior of Ingram’s timber yard 1914
Timber wharves on Blackwattle Bay 1938
Timber wharves on Blackwattle Bay 1938
Timber
Timber

Transport

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Refinery 1878
Refinery 1878
Small boats moored at Pyrmont refinery wharf ca1878
Small boats moored at Pyrmont refinery wharf ca1878
Horses in Refinery Square 1930s
Horses in Refinery Square 1930s
Liquid sugar delivery truck, 1965
Liquid sugar delivery truck, 1965

Noel Butlin Archives Centre

Refined sugar transported by McCaffery Services Pty Ltd, circa 1980
Refined sugar transported by McCaffery Services Pty Ltd, circa 1980

Noel Butlin Archives Centre

Shipbuilding
Shipbuilding

Patent slip belonging to Australian Steam Navigation Company 1859-1871, Frederick Garling

Glebe Island 1857, W.G. Mason
Glebe Island 1857, W.G. Mason
Pyrmont 1858, Rebecca Martens
Pyrmont 1858, Rebecca Martens

State Library of New South Wales

SS Keera
SS Keera

First screw-driven vessel in Australia

The Brothers, first Manly ferry built at Chowne’s shipyard, 1851
The Brothers, first Manly ferry built at Chowne’s shipyard, 1851
CSR 1906-08
CSR 1906-08

C.E.S Tindall

M&S yards, Bayview St, 1903
M&S yards, Bayview St, 1903
Hecla in front of the Royal Edward Victualling Yard 1910
Hecla in front of the Royal Edward Victualling Yard 1910
Elginshire at Pyrmont (before World War I)
Elginshire at Pyrmont (before World War I)
US 5-masted schooner 1920s
US 5-masted schooner 1920s
Royal Victualling Yard 1920s
Royal Victualling Yard 1920s
Abattoir Road - British Imperial Oil Co Wharf 1920-39
Abattoir Road - British Imperial Oil Co Wharf 1920-39

State Library of New South Wales

Doepel at Pyrmont wharf 1930s
Doepel at Pyrmont wharf 1930s
Shipping at Pyrmont, 1932
Shipping at Pyrmont, 1932
SS Tambua 1940s
SS Tambua 1940s
Vessel berthed at Jones Bay Wharf 1950s
Vessel berthed at Jones Bay Wharf 1950s
Shipping
Shipping

Balmain and Pyrmont 1950s

Jones Bay Wharf 1960s
Jones Bay Wharf 1960s
Stables, Pyrmont St & Marion Lane 1903
Stables, Pyrmont St & Marion Lane 1903
Horse drawn carriages and carts 1911, Union St & Pyrmont Bridge Rd
Horse drawn carriages and carts 1911, Union St & Pyrmont Bridge Rd

City of Sydney archives

Horse-drawn carts at the corner of Jones and John Streets 1920s
Horse-drawn carts at the corner of Jones and John Streets 1920s
McCafferys Stables
McCafferys Stables
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Fleet of Morris Commercial Leader 5-ton lorrries for sugar cartage 1939
Fleet of Morris Commercial Leader 5-ton lorrries for sugar cartage 1939
Waterside Cold Store Wharf 1930s
Waterside Cold Store Wharf 1930s
McCafferys sugar truck 1930s
McCafferys sugar truck 1930s
McCafferys truck 1930s
McCafferys truck 1930s
McCafferys truck 1940s
McCafferys truck 1940s
Methylated spirits tanker 1950s
Methylated spirits tanker 1950s
Locomotive arriving in Pyrmont 1880
Locomotive arriving in Pyrmont 1880
Wooden-blocked road surface Jones St 1947
Wooden-blocked road surface Jones St 1947
Wool train Darling Harbour 1901
Wool train Darling Harbour 1901
Railway yards to Darling Harbour 1932
Railway yards to Darling Harbour 1932

City of Sydney archives

Light rail, Star City 2010
Light rail, Star City 2010

Photo Ambanmba

Goods Yard, Darling Harbour, 1964
Goods Yard, Darling Harbour, 1964
Darling Harbour Goods Yard from the top of Pyrmont Power Station 1989
Darling Harbour Goods Yard from the top of Pyrmont Power Station 1989

Jane Bennett

Transport
Transport
Harris St overbridge
Harris St overbridge
Tunnel exit, Jones St
Tunnel exit, Jones St
Last day of 443 bus – 3 October 2015
Last day of 443 bus – 3 October 2015

Wool

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Proclamation to establish the Goldsbrough Wool Warehouse, 1884
Proclamation to establish the Goldsbrough Wool Warehouse, 1884

State Library of New South Wales

Wool train Darling Harbour 1901
Wool train Darling Harbour 1901
Wool stores
Wool stores

Kellick’s wool store on Elizabeth Macarthur Bay 1930s

Kellick’s woolstore cnr Bowman and Lawson Sts 1930s
Kellick’s woolstore cnr Bowman and Lawson Sts 1930s
Wool Store Hill Clark & Co., 1930s
Wool Store Hill Clark & Co., 1930s

State Library of New South Wales

Fire at the Goldsbrough Mort Wool Store, 1935
Fire at the Goldsbrough Mort Wool Store, 1935

State Library of New South Wales

Goldsbrough Mort No.1 store 1935
Goldsbrough Mort No.1 store 1935

State Library of New South Wales

Wool clips, 1937
Wool clips, 1937

State Library of New South Wales

Wool trucks gather to deliver their precious cargo to Pyrmont wharves, 1939
Wool trucks gather to deliver their precious cargo to Pyrmont wharves, 1939

G. Short, Fairfax

Moving wool bales, No 22 Wharf Pyrmont, 1940s
Moving wool bales, No 22 Wharf Pyrmont, 1940s

State Library of New South Wales

Wool sales Winchcombe Carsons, 1948
Wool sales Winchcombe Carsons, 1948

State Library of New South Wales

Goldsbrough Mort men using F.G.R. Power Press on wool bales 1950s
Goldsbrough Mort men using F.G.R. Power Press on wool bales 1950s
Weighing wool bales, Goldsbrough Mort, 1950
Weighing wool bales, Goldsbrough Mort, 1950

State Library of New South Wales

A student examines different grades of merino wool at the School of Sheep and Wool, Pyrmont, 1962
A student examines different grades of merino wool at the School of Sheep and Wool, Pyrmont, 1962

Jeff Carter

Ultimo woolstore fire 1978
Ultimo woolstore fire 1978
After the Ultimo woolstore fire
After the Ultimo woolstore fire
Australian Mercantile Land and Finance co wool store fire 1992
Australian Mercantile Land and Finance co wool store fire 1992
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