The slipway remains with some remnants of the equipment. The boat builders used the arches of the railway viaduct until 2005. Originally part of the main North Shore line leading to the first Milson's Point station, it became a train storage yard, after the Sydney Harbour Bridge opened. Lavender Bay train storage yard, known as North Sydney Electric Car Sidings. Luna Park, and smaller ferry wharf reflecting reduced scale of ferry operations after 1932. Associated with the original Milson's Point station. Large ferry wharves at former tram terminus and train terminus before Harbour Bridge. įerry depot prior to completion of Sydney Harbour Bridge. Workshops for construction of Sydney Harbour Bridge. Ĭlosed, in 1924, to allow construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, with vehicle ferries relocated to Kirribilli. Vehicular ferry wharf, located at the end of Alfred Street. Used during construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge and closed after its opening in 1932. Vehicular ferry wharf, located between Jeffrey Street and Admiralty House. Sydney Harbour Trust / Sydney Ferries Limited Later redeveloped as blocks of apartments. The seven-storey building was destroyed by fire in December 1921, and the land was sold off in 19 allotments, in 1925. Its generators supplied electricity to customers on the north side of the harbour. Wool warehouse, meat cold store and wharf. Since 1902, the site has been occupied by the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron. One of Australia's first shipyards was located at Wudyong Point on the eastern side of Kirribilli. HMAS Platypus - submarine base, submarine school and torpedo workshopįrom 2005, redeveloped as 'Sub Base Platypus' by the Sydney Harbour Federation Trust. Naval workshops servicing Royal Navy submarines and destroyers. Royal Australian Navy Torpedo Maintenance Establishment (RNTME). īoat building yard (relocated from Drummoyne in 1925) and, from 1937, a boat servicing facility after boat building was relocated to Kissing Point. 'Craignathan' remains the name on an apartment complex there. During the 1920s, the house became a private hotel. The disused woolstore building was demolished, in 1884, but some remnants exist of the store and reservoir. Woolstore of three storeys constructed of sandstone, and reservoir for wool washing, adjacent to Boyd's house 'Craignathan', on the foreshore at what is now Hayes St, Neutral Bay. When the ferry company was acquired by the NSW Government in 1974, the land was included and it became Kurraba Point Reserve. Land sold in 1883 for ferry base (see below)įerry base and engineering workshop. Stone from the quarry was used to build the tower and buildings of Fort Denison Before being quarried for stone blocks, Kurraba Point was used as a source of ballast for sailing ships. A narrow reserve and flights of stairs follow the old alignment of an inclined cable tramway. Mosman Rowing Club and houses and stone wharf remnants. Remaining building in Avenue Rd is The Barn Scout Hall now used by 1st Mosman Scouts. Submarine Mining Depot until 1922 and later Army Maritime School, also naval refuelling facility Īnimal quarantine station (transferred from Shark Island) In 1917, a new quarantine station was opened at Abbotsford. Ĭlifton Gardens / Chowder Bay / Georges Heights Primrose Park, with some remnants of the sewage works structures. Metropolitan Board of Water Supply and Sewerageįolly Point Sewage Treatment Works It is now Little Manly Point Park ĭepot for the safe storage of explosives. Gasworks buildings were demolished in 1971 but the site remained vacant for nearly 20 years, until its decontamination. Heritage site with 'Q-Station' accommodation. It had its own wharf for landing quarantined passengers from ships. Quarantine station for passengers arriving on ships with notifiable diseases. Sites are shown in order of location on the northern foreshore, running generally east to west. The Parramatta River, although for the most part tidal, is defined as commencing at a line between Mann's Point, Greenwich and Long Nose Point, Birchgrove. It covers the period commencing from colonisation of Sydney in 1788. This list may not include all existing and former industrial sites on or near the foreshore. Sydney now has relatively few foreshore industrial sites compared with earlier times, and this list is mainly of historical interest. This is a list of industrial sites on or adjacent to the foreshore of Port Jackson, including Sydney Harbour, North Harbour, Middle Harbour, Lane Cove River, Parramatta River, and the islands within those waterways.
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