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Report prepared forHeritage Group, State Projects

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CONTENTS

1.0 INTRODUCTION1.1 Preamble.1.2 Background.1.3 Site Identification.1.4 Authorship1.5 Fieldwork.1.6 Limitations.1.7 Acknowledgements1.8 Report Format

2.0 HISTORY2.1 Introduction

2.1.1 The Plumbers shop2.1.2 The Battery Testing and Cabinet Makers Shed2.1.3 The Locksmiths Shop2.1.4 The Signal and Communication Store2.1.5 The Carpenters andJoiners Shop2.1.6 The Water Tank

2.2 The Early History of the Site.2.3 Identification of the Stables.2.4 The Buildings2.5 Endnotes

3.0 BUILDING DESCRIPTIONS3.1 The Plumbers Shop

3.1.1 General Description3.1.2 The North Elevation3.1.3 Southwest Elevation3.1.4 Southeast Elevation3.1.5 Interior Description3.1.6 Structure

3.2 Water Tower3.2.1 General Description3.2.2 Stand Structure3.2.3 The Tank

3.3 Carpenters and Joiners Shop (Stables)3.3.1 General Description3.3.2 Interior Description

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3.0 BUILDING DESCRIPTIONS (CONTINUED)3.4 The Battcry Testing and Cabinet Maker Shed

(Compressor House)3.4.1 General Description3.4.2 North Elevation3.4.3 East Elevation3.4.4 South Elevation3.4.5 Interior Description

3.5 Thc Locksmiths Shop3.5.1 General Description3.5.2 West Elevation3.5.3 North Elevation3.5.4 Interior Description3.5.5 Interior North Addition

3.6 Outbuildings

4.0 STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE AND RECOMMENDATIONS4.1 Preamble4.2 Water Tank

4.2.1 Statement ofSignificance4.2.2 Recommendations

5.0 PHOTOGRAPHIC CATALOGUE· Separate Volume

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1.0 INTRODUCTION

1.1 Preamble.Eveleigh Railway Workshops covers a site of 8 hectares close to the centre of Sydney andonce had some forty buildings and structures of various sizes and types erected on it. It isdivided down its eastwest axis by the tracks of the suburban, southern and western railwaylines, the southern side being designated as the locomotive workshops and the northern sid~

being the carriage workshops. The locomotive workshops occupies about two thirds of thesite.

The locomotive workshops were predominantly a heavy engineering works capable of themanufacture of every component of the steam locomotive and included areas set aside forassembly, disassembly, repair and maintenance of every aspect of these machines. Theseshops also manufactured the wheels, axles and iron and steel chassis of railway rollingstock which was manufactured, assembled and maintained in the adjacent carriageworkshops. The carriage workshops performed all aspects of manufacture and maintenanceof the carriages, wagons and vans used in the railway system of New South Wales, much ofthis work being executed in timber and sheet metal. The Eveleigh workshops took fiveyears in planning and over that time the original concept was developed and expanded tothe final plan of a complete, self-contained railway workshops using the best and mostadvanced technology of the time. The foundations and footings of the major buildings weredesigned in 1883 and construction commenced in 1884 while some of the buildingsthemselves were still being designed.

Construction of the workshops was under way in 1886 while the annexes which wereattached to the southern side of the workshops were still on the drawing boards. Thecomplex was officially opened in 1887, although the backlog of work was such that eachsection was brought into operation almost as soon as it was completed. Additionalbuildings at Eveleigh continued to be constructed until well into the 20th century.

The site of the workshops still contains buildings and structures which were developed aspart of the original grand scheme for Eveleigh. Generally these earlier buildings are built ofstone and brick laid in English bond, with well proportioned fenestration and architecturaldetail that exhibits the esteem with which the people of the Victorian era regarded theirrailway system. Although they are functional industrial buildings, they are handsomeintricate structures that both contained and displayed the latest in the technology of theperiod.

The first buildings in the Locomotive Complex were the main workshops of 15 bays, thetime keepers office and the engine running shed. In 1899 construction commenced on thelarge erecting shop, completed in stages up to 1905. The new loco shop or machine shopwas commenced in 1908 and the second section of that was completed in 1912. In thecarriage workshops the main workshops known as bays 16 to 15 and the paint shop and thechief mechanical engineers office which is situated on the hill overlooking the workshops

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represent the original core of buildings. No buildings on either side of the tracks erectedafter this time exhibit the same care in design or quality of materials and the majority of thelater structures are simple timber or steel framed buildings clad in corrugated iron or later inaluminium sheet.

As the 20th century progressed the railway network grew and the operations at Eveleighexpanded. New buildings were erected and existing buildings were altered to accommodatechanges in function and changes in technology and technique. These alterations to thefabric of the buildings bears witness to the continuing social and technological changes thattook place over almost a century of operation.

The decline in the quality of railway architecture during the 20th century is clearly apparentat Eveleigh. As time progressed additional buildings exhibited less and less architecturaldesign, culminating most graphically in 1963 with the demolition of the final section of theelegant engine running shed and the construction in its place of the purely functional steelframed, pressed aluminium clad Air Conditioned Car Depot. The sense of strength andpermanence that pervades the design of the Victorian era railway buildings is like thetechnology of the steam engines around which Eveleigh had been designed, totally gone bythe 1960's to be replaced by adhoc buildings and the architecture of expediency.Regrettable though this may seem in retrospect it was an inevitable feature of the period andan integral element in the history of the workshops.

1.2 Background.The decline in the importance of Eveleigh as a railway workshops commenced in the 1960'swith the decommissioning of the New So,uth Wales railways steam locomotive fleet. Bythe mid 80's the closure of Eveleigh was inevitable and the final shut-down occurred in1988.

The southwestern end of the site which was formally part of the adjoining Alexandria goodsyards was developed as housing in the late 1980's. In 1989 the Paddy's Markets wererelocated from their site at Haymarket to the railway workshops. The main section of theAlexandria goods yard was sealed with bitumen and converted to a car park. The bays 4Ato 15 of the main workshop site became the temporary home of Paddy's Markets. It isexpected that the Markets will be relocated to their former site in 1994.

The Eveleigh precinct at the time that this report was written housed the remains of the 19th. century workshops including the time keeper office, the engine shop, the main workshops

building, the erecting shop, the new Tangara sheds and the remains of the oliver shop andthe plumbers shop. There were the slabs on which the foundry, the pattern shop, andnumerous other buildings had stood. The potash shop and the adjacent tin smith shop hadrecently been demolished. A number of lesser buildings on the northeast corner of the site,including the Plumbers Shop, Carpenter and Joiners Shop, Battery Testing and CabinetMaker Shed, and Locksmith Shop remained intact.

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The precinct is to be redeveloped and plans include provision for increased housing and forthe establishment of an advanced technology park. State projects, a division of the PublicWorks Department of New South Wales, is managing this project and this report concernsthe recording of those buildings which are to be demolished.

1.3 Site Identification.The Eveleigh locomotive workshops site is bound on the north by the suburban southernand western railway lines, and on the south by the former Alexandria goodsyards whichhave been partially developed for housing and partially sealed to provide parking for thePaddy's Markets site. The eastern boundary follows Redfern railway station site,Cornwallis Street and Garden Street while the western boundary is formed by Ivers Lane,Copeland Avenue and Macdonaldtown railway station.

The buildings in area C which are shown in Figure 1.1 include the Plumbers Shop, theCarpenters and Joiners Shop, the Battery Testing and Cabinet Makers Shed, TheLocksmiths Shop, a large water tower, and various outbuildings.

1.4 AuthorshipThis report was written by Richard Cullinan and Don Godden, with the architectural historywritten by Deborah Van der Plaat. Stephen Zanni was responsible for the drawings of theLocksmiths Shop and the Battery Testing and Cabinet Makers Shed. Photographs includedin this report were taken by Patrick Grant, Richard Cullinan and Don Godden.

1.5 Fieldwork.Some six person days were spent on the site prior to the commencement of demolition ofthe buildings. The photographs, the contact sheets and catalogue sheets which are includedin this report were taken over a period of four days.' The demolition of the buildings whichare the subject of this report was schedule to commenced in August 1993 and continue untilSeptember 1993.

1.6 Umitations.Insufficient time and budget precluded the detailed recording of the operations of thebuildings in Area C. All these shops had ceased their original functions making it difficultto determine the precise nature of the original operations of the buildings.

1.7 AcknowledgementsGodden Mackay would like to thank the staff of the State Rail Authority Archives for theproduction of plans. Danny Allen provided valuable assistance as did Les Mitchell fromthe Plumbers Shop.

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1.8 Report FormatSection 2 of this report gives a general history of the threatened buildings found in Area C.

Section 3 provides building descriptions of the four threatened buildings, the water towerand various outbuildings. General photographs of these structures are included in thissection as an aid to the text. Measured drawings of the Locksmiths Shop and the BatteryTesting and Cabinet Makers Shed timber trusses are included in this section.

Section 4 gives the statement of significance for the water tower located in Area C.

Section 5 contains a photographic catalogue of Area C buildings.

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2.0 HISTORY

2.1 IntroductionThe subjects of this study are five buildings and the water tank at the northeastem edge ofthe Eveleigh site. The buildings are bounded by the Work Manager's Office, the existingrailway line, Comwallis Street and the garden/car park of the manager's office. Thebuildings incl~de: .

2.1.1 The Plumbers shopA small, two-storey triangular building with a timber frame, clad in unpainted fibro. Thisbuilding is described as the Battery and Electrical section of the Signal and Telegraph Deptin, A Heritage Study ofEveleigh Railway Workshops.l

2.1.2 The Battery Testing and Cabinet Makers ShedA two-storey building clad in painted, corrugated iron standing on concrete foundations.The building was originally called the Compressor House.

2.1.3 The Locksmiths ShopA steel framed, rectangular building with massed concrete, infil! wall panels. ,Ji..

distinguishing feature of the building is its saw tooth, corrugated iron roof. The building isalso believed to have been attached to the Signals and Communications Branch

2.1.4 The Signal and Communication StoreA small timber framed shed with corrugated iron sheet walls and roof. This is one ofseveral sheds located to the north of the Locksmiths Shop.

2.1.5 The Carpenters and Joiners ShopA narrow rectangular building which seems to have been built in a number of stages.Sections of the foundations and walls are sandstone which support dry pressed brick wallsand corrugated iron extensions. The roof is also corrugated iron. The sandstonefoundations/walls suggest the existing structure incorporated the remains of an earlierbuilding. This structure is also known as the Stables, a possible reference to its earliestfunction. The building is listed as the Interlocking Fitter's Workshop inA heritage Study ofEveLeigh Railway Workshops.2

2.1.6 The Water TankA 4O,OOO-gallon, double tier tank and stand, sited south of the Carpenter and Joiners shop.

The titles above are based on the recent uses of these buildings. At present, the buildingsare used for no official purpose, and are, for the most part, derelict. The original function ofthese buildings has been difficult to determine. Few references to these buildings can befound in the existing records or histories of Eveleigh and no original drawings have beenlocated. Most of the information included in this report has been obtained from the analysisof the few existing drawings, site plans and photographs.

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2.2 The Early History of the Site.Area C was not part of the original Chisholm Estate reclaimed by the Railways in 1880(Figure 2.1).3 A land resumption plan drawn up by the railways in 1919 indicates thatArea C was part of the Gibbons Estate owned by George and Henry Todd (Figure 2.2). Thetext accompanying the drawing reveals that the land was sold to the railways in 1919. Itwas then leased to Marks & Co, a local fish agent, up till 1921. In 1921, Marks & Comoved to a new premises in Regents Lane, Redfem and the land along Comwallis Streetwas used for railway purposes from this date onwards.

2.3 Identification of the Stables.Very little information has been found on earlier buildings occupying this site. The originalland resumption drawings on the Chisholm ~tate (Figure 2.1), ca. 1880, recorded the siteas clear of any structures. An earlier 1864 plan of Redfem4 also depicted the site as free ofconstruction. By 1887, the area between Comwallis Street and the Eveleigh railway yardsbecame densely populated. A series of plans drawn up by the N.S.W Surveyor General in18875 (Figure 2.3) showed the upper sections of Comwallis Street, Moon Street and MarionStreet occupied by a number of buildin"gs. These drawings provide a basic outline of thestructures on the site, but unfortunately offer very little detail and could be anything fromterrace housing to small storage houses. A later plan drawn up by the Railways in 1916(Figure 2.4), proposing the resumption of land along Comwallis street, also failed to offerinsight into the identification of earlier structures. This drawing acknowledges theexistence of "old bUildings" on the site but fails to identify them.

Clues to the identification of the buildings can be obtained from the original owners of theland. George and Henry Todd, who sold the land to the railways in 1919, ran a smallcartage business.6 It can be assumed that they transported goods to and from the railways.The most common means of goods transportation in Sydney at that time was by draughthorses and dray. Thus it can be concluded that the presumed association between thepresent day Carpenters and Joiners shop and the stables refers to the original use of the siteas a stables for the draughthorses employed in the Todd Cartage business.

No evidence was found to suggest that the stables were ever used by the Railways for theiroriginal function.

2.4 The BuildingsThe only structure on which records could be located was the Water Tank. Completeworking drawings, dated 1925, have been located for this structure (Figure 3.7).7 Thedrawings were signed by the Engineer-in-Chief. A listing in the Shop Orders: Ways andWorks Branch notes the Tank was completed by 1926. Modifications to convert the standinto a garage to store lorries was to have started on the 15/1/26. These modifications wereoutlined in the 1925 plans.8

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The Tank itself has the dates 1924, 1925 and 1926 cast on three sides and wasmanufactured by the Perway Railway Workshops in Newcastle.9 S. Sharp, in A Survey ofRailway Structures, listed the Tank: as an example of the most common group of survivingrailway water tanks used to supply water to locomotives. It is described as a "mild steelconstruction" and is identifiable by the characteristic of rounded corners at the base of theTank:.

The 1925 drawings outlined plans for the erection of a garage and pit at the base of theTank stand. The original intention was to enclose the base with sheets of corrugated ironand large doors at the western end. A pit was to be installed and a single timber framedwindow to be placed in the side wall. There is little evidence to suggest that the garage wasever erected on this site. The survival- of a pit to the north of the Carpenter and Joiner'sshop suggests that a change of plans occurred sometime after 1925 and that the present dayCarpenter's and Joiner's shop was converted to a garage. It is unclear when t~s occured.

The plans of the 1925 additions to the Tank included a site plan listing the other buildingsin Area C. This site plan reveals a number of things. Firstly, the Carpenter's and Joinersshop was not included in the plan as a fully enclosed structure. Rather it is portrayed aspossessing only three walls and is open to the north. Walls for the eastern, western andsouthern sides arc recorded. This perhaps indicates that the sandstone sections on thesouthern and western walls of the Carpenters and Joiners shop belong to an earlier structure.The extension of the eastern wall, indicated in the 1925 site plan, suggests the dimensionsof this structure were considerable and larger than the existing Carpenters and Joiners shop.It is possible that this building was part of the original stables used by Henry and GeorgeTodd.

A later plan (Figure 2.5)10 recorded the Carpenters and Joiners shop as an enclosedstructure with dimensions similar to those of the existing building. This building, nowknown as a garage incorporated the remaining sandstone structure already present on thesite. A pit was installed at the same time on the northern side of the garage.

The drawings of the Tank: (Figure 3.7) reveal that the principle structures in Area C wereerected before 1925. The plan records the present day Plumber's shop, thc Battcry TestingShop and the Locksmiths workshop. The Signals and Communications Store -is absent.The only building which is labelled is the present Battery Testing shop which is listed asthe Compressor House. The latcr site plan (Figure 2.5) also records this building as theCompressor House and the present day Locksmiths shop is labellcd as the Store for theSignals Engineer's Branch. The Tclecommunications and Signals storc shed which islocated to the north of the locksmiths shop is also included and it would appear to havebeen constructed after 1925.

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As no written information was found on these buildings, it is unclear as to what their exactfunctions were. It is believed that the Compressor house (Battery Testing and CabinetMakers Shed) supplied power for railway track switching equipment located in thisprecinct. The Locomotive sheds were already powered by a Compressor House built on thesouthern side of the site in 1907 and an additional Compressor House was built in theFoundry in 1915.11 The 1920s was a period of great expansion for this section of therailways. As outlined in an article in the N.S. W Railway and Tramway Magazine, one ofthe greatest advances in the Signals department

is the fact that much of the apparatus which "in former days had to be imported fromabroad is now manufactured in the Departmental Workshops. This has resulted inthe production of a better article, and, under present conditions, at a lower cost.Taking the mechanical signalling apparatm~ practically the whole of this ismanufactured locally, the only material now imported being the signal wires andsignal pulleys. Even in the case of the electrical apparatus apart from the insulatedwire, which, at present, is not manufactured in Am'tralia, nearly everything required,except the electric signal mechanisms, is manufactured in the departmentalworkshops or obtained locally as a continuation of this policy, .... The numerouskinds ofauxiliary electrical apparatus which have been referred to in the precedingdescription are now all manufactured in the Departmental workshops, including

_ such things as electrical repeaters, track relays, electric locks, and many otherminor fittings.l 2

It is possible that the buildings in Area C were erected predominantly to deal with theincreased production and operation of equipment associated with the electrification of thesignals and the introduction of automatic signalling systems, all of which occurred duringthe early twenties. This assumption is supported by the A Heritage Study of EveleighRailway Workshops13 which suggests that this group of buildings was associated with theSignals and Communication Branch.

Plans have been located for the workings of a Compressor House attached to the SignallingBranch at Eveleigh (Figures 3.27 and 3.28). The plans are dated 1912. No site plan isincluded and it is impossible to determine the intended site. However, it is probable thatthese drawings are the original plans for the Compressor House in Area C even though itwas not thought to be built until some period between 1917 and 1924.

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2.5 Endnotes1. Don Godden & Associatcs, A Heritage Study ofEveleigh Railway Workshops,

prepared on behalf of the Heritage Council of New South Walcs, National Trust ofAustralia (N.S.W) and the State Rail Authority (N.S.W), Vo12.

2. Don Godden, op. cit.

3. This plan is undated but it can be assumed that it was drawn up prior to the 1880land settlement. None of the orginal buildings belonging to the Chisholm estatecan be linked to the lower sandstone portions of the Carpenter & Joiner's shop.The only. buildings recorded in Figure 2.1, are Calder House on the northern

.section of the site and the stables in the southern section. These stables areopposite Boundary Street and are a considerable distance from Area C.

4. Held in the Mitchell Ubrary- ref. Draw B 10 & B13.

5. Held in Mitchelllibrary -ref. Mser 4/811.17/1.

6. In the 1917-1918 Sydney Metropolitan White pages, George and Henry Todd arelisted as Cartagc Contractors.

7. This plan is held by the SRA Plan Room.

8. Shop Orders, Ways and Works Branch, Vol 12, order. no. 1260. Held by theSRAArchivcs. ref. 242.

9. The stamp on the tank reads, "Maker's: Railway Shop Newcastle, 1924".

10. This plan was attached to a group of drawings dated 1915. The plan itself was notdated. The inclusion of the Tank indicates that it can be no earlier then 1924. Thecomplete outline of the Carpenter and Joiner's shop, absent on the Tank planssuggests that it is 1925.

11. Don Godden, op.cit.

12. 'Ten Years of Signalling progress on the N.S.W. Railways', N.S. W. Railway andTramway Magazine, Dec 1, 1920, pp. 801-806.

13. Don Godden, op. cit.

2.6 ReferencesThe Railway Workshops at Eveleigh: A Giant Engineering Establishment; The Town andCountry Planning, part I, July 8,1903, pp 28-32, part II, July 22, pp 28-31.

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Jubilee of the New South Wales Railways, The Town and Country Journal, September 20,1906.

Ten Years of Signalling Progress on the NSW Railways, NSW Railway and TramwayMagazine, December 1,1920, pp 801-806.

The Calder House: Redfern, NSW Railway and tramway Magazine, August 2, 1920, pp522-525.

The NSW Railway Workshops at Eveleigh: A State Enterprise, The Illustrated SydneyNews, Oct, 18, 19?1.

Don Godden and Associates, A Heritage Study of Eveleigh Railway Workshops, preparedon behalf of the Heritage Council of New South Wales, National Trust of Australia (NSW)and the State Rail Authority (NSW) Vol1 and 2.

Institute of Engineers Australia, Visit of Inspection: Eveleigh Workshops, 11th October,1922.

Railway Commissioners, Annual Report of the Chief Commissioner, 1915-1930. Held bythe SRA Archives.

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3.0 BUILDING DESCRIPTIONS

3.1 The Plumbers Shop3.1.1 General DescriptionThis building originally housed the Signals Branch main office. It is a fairly crude buildingdeparting from the workmanship and character exhibited in the earliest Eveleigh buildings.It is an example of the move towards more expedient buildings later to become typical atEveleigh. The building is two storeys and triangular in plan which is determined by itsposition in a cramped location with the main suburban, southern and western railway linesto its north and the Battery Testing and Cabinet Maker shed to its east. (Figure 3.1)

The building is a timber and steel framed structure supported on a massed concrete base. Itswalls are clad in asbestos fibro sheet, with fibro battens covering the joints.

The roof has an unusual pitched shape due to the triangular plan of the shed (Figure 3.2)and comes to an extreme point at the three corners of the building. (Figure 3.3) At thesecorners the eaves are supported by reasonably decorative wrought iron brackets bolted tothe timber frame at the walls. The eaves are boxed with parallel timber boarding. Thisboarding has severely deteriorated on the southern side of the building. The roof sheetingappears to have been replaced at some time in the past fifteen years.

3.1.2 The North ElevationThe north elevation addresses the main suburban rail lines. A steel stair leading to apedestrian overbridge runs adjacent, and some 3m away from the northern face of thebuilding. This stair runs virtually the entire length of the building obscuring a clear view ofthis side.

The north face is clad in asbestos sheet and punctuated by six windows and a door. Theupper storey has four timber framed windows spaced equidistantly along the length of thebuilding. The windows consist of a fixed transom light above double, eight paned casementwindows. Each window is approximately 800 mm wide and 2m high and is approximately300 mm below the caves. (Figure 3.4)

The lower storey has two timber framed windows at the west end and a four panel, timberframe door at the cast end. The windows in the lower storey arc eight pane, doublecasement windows, but are wider than those on the upper storey being 1200 mm wide and2500 mm high. The fixed transom light is divided into four panes.

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The remains of a signals cable conduit can be seen running along the north face of thebuilding between the upper and lower storey. (Figure 3.5) This box consists of severelydeteriorated hardwood timber planks supported by the floor joists of the first floor whichprotrude through the external skin of the building. Its purpose would no doubt have been tohouse communication and signal cables travelling from the signals and communicationbuildings to various other close by parts of the rail system.

3.1.3 Southwest ElevationThe southwest face of the building is again clad in asbestos fibro sheet. It has fourwindows, two in the upper storey and two in the lower. These windows are timbercasement similar in dimension and arrangement to those in the upper storey of the northface. The windows are symmetrically arranged with the lower windows having crude fibroand timber awnings to give some overhang protection from the south westerly aspect. Thetop right window in this elevation has been replaced at some stage by a double-hung sashwindow.

3.1.4 Southeast ElevationThe southeast face of the building is' clad in corrugated iron sheet screwed to timber studs.It has two windows of the same style as those on the southwest side. A single flight oftimber stairs abuts the southeast wall with a plain timber door opening into the upper storeyof the building at the landing. From this landing a further flight of stairs leads to a landingwhich bridges between the plumbers shop and the battery testing and cabinet maker shed.(Figure 3.6)

3.1.5 Interior DescriptionThe ground floor of the plumbers shop consists of the one main space which is triangular inplan. A small partitioned office is located in the south corner and a further small partitionedarea exists in the northeast corner of the room. The partitions are timber stud walls clad infibro sheet and are approximately 2000 mm high, leaving a gap of some 1500 mm betweenthem and the ceiling. The smaller partition encloses an area of approximately 1500 mm x2000 mm containing a small hand basin and appears to have been used as a small washroomand tea room.

At present the main space of the lower storey contains workbenches and sundry toolslocated around the room. It appears several plumbing staff once worked in the room withthe foreman situated in the southern partitioned office.

The upper storey is identical in arrangement to the lower storey and is presently used bypainting staff.

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3.1.6 StructureThe major structural members of the plumbers workshop are 200 mm x 200 mm hardwoodposts located at intervals around the perimeter walls of the building. A timber frame infillbetween these posts supports the internal and external cladding.

The ground floor consists of a concrete slab with a painted surface. The upper floor issupported by three steel universal beams, spanning eastwest between the hardwood posts.The middle universal beam has the longest span, due to the triangular nature of the building,and is supported mid-span by a circular steel column. This column is situated virtually inthe middle of the room, and is the only part of the structure punctuating the space in boththe lower and upper storeys. Timber floor joists span northsouth between the steeluniversal beams. These joists support approximately 100 mm oil stained timber floorboards. All the flooring structure is exposed revealing a substantial infestation of whiteants.

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3.2 WATER TOWER3.2.1 General DescriptionThe water tower is located on the southern side of the carpenters and joiners shop. Itconsists of a square double tier cast-iron cold water storage tank manufactured by Perwayworkshops Newcastle. The tank is approximately 7.5m square and about 3m high with acapacity of 40,000 gallons (180,000 litres). It is elevated some 10 m above ground level bya finely detailed braced steel structure. The tank is stamped with the dates 1926, 1925 and1924 on the north, south and west sides respectively. (See Figure 3.8) The tank wascompleted in 1926 to provide water for firefighting throughout the workshops.

3.2.2 Stand StructureThe tower consists of sixteen RSJ columns set in concrete footings and braced in groups offour. The structural effect given is a braced bay of four columns acting as one rigid columnsupport to each corner of the tank. (See Figure 3.9) Each bay is braced on all four sides bysteel rod cross bracing, this bracing is repeated three times up the structure. (Figure 3.10)

The columns in the stand are made from 8" x 5" (200 x 125 mm) RSJs joined horizontallyby 3" x 2" angle sections and are braced by 1" rods from each corner. The rods run to atension ring where they can be tensioned by a nut on the threaded end. The steel columnsare arranged in four groups of four and were originally set in concrete footings. Theconcrete footings today show signs of spalling due to the rusting of the mild steel RSJposts.

The tank stand appears to be in good condition.

Bracing and steel plate cross members are bolted to brackets which are in turn riveted ontothe columns. (See Figure 3.11)

The platform for the tank consists of four principal 200mm RSJ's spanning east-westbetween the tops of the columns. Seven smaller RSJ's span northsouth on top of theprincipal beams. The cast iron tank sits directly on top of these joists.

3.2.3 The TankThe tank itself is typical of those used by the NSW Railways in that it is constructed fromcast iron sections. There are three basic units or sections which could simply be boltedtogether on site to form. tanks of varying sizes. The side sections or unit was 4ft (1.2m)square with an internal edge flange 50mm deep and an internal reinforcing web in the formof a diagonal cross with a central circle. The external face was usually adorned with a lowrelief pattern which ran immediately inside the perimeter of the section.

The corner units are spheroidal sections in shape with flanges. These corner units are bolteddirectly to the edge and face sections. The edge sections are quarter rounds or quads againwith flanges on their edges and ends.

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The faces of the flanges of all three sections were machined for a tight fit and gaskets orcalking was used to make them water-tight.

In tanks of this size, it was usual to have a series of strengthening struts. These ran fromthe flanges of the bottom plates to the flanges of the top layer of side plates. However, theinterior of this tank has not been inspected and it is not known if the struts are still in place.

Tanks of this type were used throughout the rail network of NSW for watering steamengines and were located at numerous country stations and beside the rail lines atappropriate intervals. With the replacement of steam locomotives by diesels in the 1960s,many of the the water tanks and their associated water columns were demolished. Certaintanks and columns were preserved at strategic locations for watering steam engines ontourist lines. These tanks were usually much smaller than the one at Everleigh and wereabout 8,000 gallons capacity.

Almost all tanks appear to have been made at the foundry of the Cardiff (Newcastle)Permanent Way Workshops Foundry. The cast sections were strong, easily transported(especially by rail), bullet proof, relatively corrosion resistant and could be made to almostany size using the modular sections.

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3.3 Carpenters and Joiners Shop (Stables)3.3.1 General DescriptionThe carpenters and joiners is an ilL" shaped building with the foot of the "L." adjacent toCornwallis Street. The back wall or west wall runs from Cornwallis Street west past thewater tower to within a metre of the old compressor house. The foot of the "L" houses theoffice in its north end and the amenities room in its south end. There is no interconnectingdoor to the workshop which is housed in the leg of the "L".

This building was at first thought to be one of the oldest in this precinct of the Eveleighworkshops. The building has been much modified over time but remnants of what isbelieved to be the original fabric exist in various parts of the building. The west wallappears to be the only virtually intact piece of the original fabric and appears to have beenconstructed from second hand materials. This wall consists of a rough sandstonefoundation wall to about 1200 mm. On top of this sandstone wall is a brick wall consistingof sandstock, dry pressed and extruded bricks laid in English bond with lime-mortar joints.(Figure 3.12) Three courses of newer common brick with cement joints laid in stretcherbond have been added to the top of this wall, perhaps added when the roof structure waschanged. (Figure 3.13) Several courses of sandstock brick can also be seen in the lowercourses of the east wall. The remainder of this wall and the majority of the south wallconsist of dry pressed and extruded bricks laid in Garden Wall bond.

The west wall gives an indication as to the early fenestration and detail of the originalbuilding. This wall has one central window with a soldier course at the window's head - thewindow itself has since been modified. Small lancet openings exist symmetrically eitherside of this window, these openings have small timber louvres.

The south wall is in two sections. The lower is a retaining wall while the upper section isthe back wall of the building. It is presently in a very poor state of repair having a severelean outwards with timber supports attached to the water tower in an attempt to stabilise thewall. It is very hard to determine how or in what sequence this wall has been constructed.At its west end there are sandstocks brick in English bond with lime mortar joints. Theremaining eastern two thirds of this wall consist of dry pressed, extruded and sandstockbricks layed in garden wall bond.

It appears certain that many of the materials have been re-used from previous structures.The presence of extruded and dry pressed bricks in these walls suggest the building wasprobably constructed around the early 1920s.

The shed is covered by a skillion roof clad in galvanised corrugated steel, which appears tohave been replaced within the past decade, The roof is supported by timber rafters at600mm centres spanning between the east and west walls. These rafters are supported mid­span by a timber purlin supported on steel posts made from old railway line. These railwaylines have the date 1895 stamped on them.

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The north wall consists of a timber frame clad in corrugated iron with three timber framedwindows and a door. This wall has been added at some time after the other three walls werebuilt. (Figure 3.14) The timber door in this wall was added when the carpenter and joinersmoved into the shed, as there was only one exit at that time and the shed was considered afire trap. There are two 15 pane fixed timber windows and one nine pane fixed timberwindow. In addition to these windows there is a large timber panelled door on old steelhinges. The door appears to be old and was probably installed second hand.

3.3.2 Interior DescriptionThe workshop occupies the leg of the "L" section with the main workroom located at thewest end of the leg. This room currently houses carpenter's benches and bench mountedcircular saws. The area is divided from a smaller workroom by an internal timber framedwall clad on one side in corrugated iron sheet. A zed braced timber stable door is located atthe north end of this dividing wall. The door is made from heavy section timber panels andhas two heavy duty iron roller hinges stamped Kerrick & Son, which allow the door to slidealong a steel track. (Figure 3.15) Both workrooms have a concrete slab floor and unlinedceiling and walls.

The south brick wall has a severe outward lean. Due to this lean a timber frame has beenadded some 1500 mm in from the wall to support the roof.

The east end of the building, which is the foot of the "L", also has a concrete floor which iscovered in vinyl tiles and which serves as the lunchroom. This room opens onto the office,now used by the foreman, with the floor of which is about 50 mm higher.

The most significant part of the whole building is the semis of engaged piers in the backwall of the workshop. The piers &ppear to have held timber posts which may have in time,held dividing walls for stables. These piers are definitely at the right spacing but there is nodocumentary evidence to confirm the hypothesis and the remaining fabric evidence isinconclusive.

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3.4 The Battery Testing and Cabinet Maker Shed (Compressor House)3.4.1 General DescriptionThis building is a timber framed shed clad in corrugated galvanised sheet steel. It isrectangular in plan sitting on a concrete slab and has a gable roof also clad in corrugatedgalvanised sheet steel. A semi-circular corrugated iron roof monitor runs the entire lengthof the shed's ridge line. Two steel ventilators are located at intervals along this monitor.(Figure 3.16)

It is clear that the shed has experienced many changes of use with modifications to theexternal building fabric and. to the internal partitioning and functions. The present interiorconsists a labyrinth of various sized rooms some with single storey ceiling height, others oftwo storey volumes exposing the timber roof trusses and having more the feeling of a ruralbarn. At each end of the shed the west side has open attic spaces overlooking the doublestorey central space.

The building is presently known as the Battery Testing and Cabinet Makers shed is referredto in much of. the earlier documentation of Eveleigh as the Compressor House. It appearsits original function was to house large air compressors in the central room of the shed.These air compressors powered switching equipment for the rail lines in this area of the railnetwork. The battery testing and charging operation was located at the north end of theshed where all twelve volt and six volt batteries which were used throughout the state railsystem for minor lighting and communications were tested and refurbished. The carpentersand cabinet makers were initially located at the south end of the shed. This area was latertaken over by painting staff. The shed was condemned recently due to termite infestationand these operations were moved to their present location.

3.4.2 North ElevationThis end of the building appears to have experienced the largest modifications to theoriginal, rectangular shaped shed. To this end has been added a basically rectangular (thenorthwestern corner has been chamfered as it abuts directly onto the main suburban raillines) two storey structure. It joins directly onto the north end of the main shed and appearsto have been added soon after the original shed was completed as the materials are basicallythe same as those used in the original shed; it is clad in corrugated iron and has windowswith similar quality joinery as those in the original shed. (Figure 3.18)

3.4.3 East ElevationThis face of the building consists of a plain corrugated iron facade with many openings. Atthe north end is a large timber panelled roller shutter. (Figure 3.19) The remainingfenestration is inconsistent and irregular. Although the windows exhibit fine quality joinerycasement windows, they have been crudely placed in the building fabric with very poordetailing between frame and corrugated iron. Several doors and a steel roller door appear tohave been added at some latcr datc. (Figurc 3.20 and 3.21)

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3.4.4 South ElevationThis facade again sheeted in corrugated iron has asymmetrical fenestration, the lowerwindows are sash type. The upper windows provide a crude design with a number of types,some awning, some fixed glass and others being louvres. All appear to have been addedlater, probably with the attic conversion at this end of the building.

3.4.5 Interior DescriptionThe interior of the battery testing shed comprises many rooms of varying sizes. Basicallythe rooms located at the north end of the shed housed the equipment used in the testing andrecharging of batteries. Remnants of old battery charging equipment lies around the variousrooms in this part of the shed. (Figure 3.22) The rooms are severely dilapidated and thereis evidence of severe termite infestation.

The rooms in the south end of the shed were, until recently, occupied by the carpenters andjoiners who were moved to the present Carpenters and Joiners Shop when this shed wasdeclared unsafe due to termite damage.

The rooms in this building appear to have undergone several changes of use through theyears. In the annexe to the north of the shed a false ceiling of fibro has been added abuttingthe timber roller shutter which originally covered a two storey opening. (Figure 3.23)

In the northwest room of the shed the west wall has a board painted with station names andholes punched through the wall below each destination in the nameplate. It appears thisboard was relevant to the switching and signal operations which were powered by theoriginal air compressor.

The larger space located towards the middle of the shed housed large air compressors whichwere used to operate the switching equipment on the various railway lines in the area.From this central space the attic spaces on the west side of the shed can be seen on the northand south side of this room. The roof structure can also be seen with large timber king posttrusses clear spanning between the east and west walls. (See Figure 3.24) The timber postssupporting these trusses are 200 mm x 200 mm square hardwood posts, many severelyaffected by white ants.

Most of the rooms are lined with horizontal timber boarding nailed to large timber studs(approximately 200 mm x 75 mm). (See Figure 3.25)

The attic space at the south west corner of the shed is accessed from stairs leading from thecentral corridor of the shed. It has a w/c and washbasins and looks down into the maincentral space. An internal stud wall divides this part of the attic space from the painter'sroom on the other side. This room can only be accessed from the stairs between theplumbers shop and the battery testing shed. The room has been severely vandalised. It islined in fibro with crude joinery and window filtings.

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3.5 The Locksmiths Shop3.5.1 General DescriptionTbis building is a massed concrete structure, rectangular in plan with a sawtooth roof cladin corrugated steel. It has been modified in one or two phases, with additions to the northand also the east side. (Figure 3.31)

The structure of the building is interesting in that the massed concrete walls are divided intobays at 3500 mm intervals, by railway line used as permanent formwork. The railway linesits flush with the finished concrete and was used as posts to support the timber formworkfor the walls.

The building was used for the manufacturing all metal tickets, passes and badges used in theNSW rail system. This explains a secure structural nature of the shed with its solid concretewalls and meshed windows. Until 1990 the building housed all the machinery used for themanufacturing of weekly tickets, locks and railway badges for all employees. The impactstamping machines were powered from the overhead lineshaft wbich is still extant, but allother plant has been removed.

There is evidence of concrete spalling in the structure especially in the thin section concreteoverhangs protecting the window openings. (Figure 3.32 and 3.33)

3.5.2 West ElevationThe original part of the structure has four windows and a door along the northwest face ofthe building. The second window from the right has been modified to accommodate acrude plywood door. The windows consist of a fixed nine pane window flanked by twosliding, six panel windows wbich are timber framed and slide on steel track. (Figure 3.34)

The addition to the north of the building has two, eight paned, steel framed, centre pivotwindows. All windows are protected by a light galvanised steel mesh. A timber dooropens between these two windows.

3.5.3 North ElevationThe north elevation has four large windows and three smaller louvre windows ventilatingthe bathroom at the east end. The larger windows consist of a central pivot, eight panedwindow with narrow fixed windows either side and all are stcel framed. (Figure 3.35) Alarge ventilation duct protrudes through this wall connecting to an extensive ventilationplant lo.;ated just north of the building.

3.5.4 Interior DescriptionThe interior of 'the Locksmiths shop comprises one large internal space, a partitioned tearoom in the southwest corner and a partitioned area along the south wall. The floor is aconcrete slab and the walls are painted concretc. The sawtooth roof is unlined and has rooflights to the south. It appears that the roof has becn replaced at some stage with transparentfibreglass sheet forming the roof lights where there were once timber framed windows.

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The roof is supported by small gauge steel trusses spanning between the east and west wallsbelow the sawtooth roof lights. Timber rafters support the unlined corrugated steel roofsheet.

It is, clear the building has experienced changes in use over its lifetime with evidence oflarge items of equipment having been removed from the floor and the walls. An overheadlineshaft system supported by a steel truss frame is located at the north end of the mainroom.

A garage door opening in the east face has recently been enclosed by a timber partition.

3.5.5 Interior North AdditionThis addition to the north end of the locksmiths shop has several doors between it and thelocksmith's rooms, however, all have been fixed shut. This annex currently houses thebattery testing and charging operations which were earlier located in the battery testingshed. Originally the room was used as the ticketing and badge making area with chromeplating and engraving equipment. The large ventilation plant mentioned above wasrequired as a result of the fumes created by the chrome plating process. This equipmentwas eventually deemed inadequate by health and safety inspectors causing the shut-down ofthis operation as it was considered cheaper to move rather than update the ventilationsystem.

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3.6 OutbuildingsBetween the Locksmiths Shop and the main railway lines there are three crude corrugatediron sheds. These sheds are relatively small in dimension and are roughly built timberframed structures with gable roofs also clad in corrugated iron. It appears they were used tostore manual switching equipment and other related items.

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Figure 3.40 View to themost north eastern part of"AreaC".

Figure 3.41 Outbuilding atmost north eastern corner ofsite, houses various switchingequipment and accessories.

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4.0 STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE AND RECOMMENDATIONS

4.1 PreambleOnly one structure in Area C, The Water Tower, was regarded as being of sufficientsignificance to be conserved. The Locksmiths was of some significance and was to be thesubject of a working drawing. The other buildings were of little significance and move tobe photographically recorded only.

4.2 Water Tank4.2.1 Statement of SignificanceThe water tank is a typical cast iron tank made by the NSW Railways and distributedthroughout the State for supplying water to steam engines. The tank is elevated on a finelydetailed braced steel framed tower, and is located towards the northeast corner of the site.

The water tank is indicative of the age of steam power in NSW and is one of the largeststill extant.

Water tanks were once familiar items throughout the NSW rail network but are nowbecoming increasingly rare.

The water tanks being cast in the Perway Workshops in Newcastle are one of the fewvisible reminders of these once extremely active workshops.

These water tanks are superb examples of the iron founders craft They are extremelywell designed, functional, modular items with all sections bolted together.

This water tower has fine landmark qualities and is one of the most significant itemsreminiscent of the infrastructure needed throughout the state to operate steamlocomotives.

4.2.2 RecommendationsThe water tank and its attendant stand pipe, inlet pipe, volume indicator, valves andinspection ladder should be conserved insitu, if this is possible.

If conservation insitu is not practical because of the siting of the tank, it may be moved to amore suitable location in the workshops site.

Close inspection of the tank will be necessary to determine its condition and to prepare aprogram on the best way to move it. Because of its weight it may be necessary to break itinto several parts although this would involve very close inspection of the tank andconsideration of the options involved in breaking it down, transporting and re-erecting it.

The site for re-erection should be as close as possible to the present location. However,until the master plan for redevelopment is finalised, a new site cannot be specified.

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