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PYRMONT INDUSTRIAL ARCHAEOWGY

HERITAGE STUDY

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PHILIP COX RICHARDSON TAYLOR & PARTNERS

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DON GODDEN & ASSOCIATES PTY LTD

November, 1989

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PYRMONT INDUSTRIAL ARCHAEOLOGY

HERITAGE STUDY

CONTENTS:

1.0 AREA

2.0 THE BRIEF

3.0 CONSTRAINTS

4.0 PROCEDURE FOR ASSESSMENT

.1 Preamble

.2 The Register

.3 Individual Assessment

.4 Assemblage, Collection or System

.5 Assessment of Assemblages, Collections and Systems

5.0 A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE INDUSTRIES AT PYRMONT POINT

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REGISTER OF RELICS

Precincts and BoundariesSummary List of Sites and RelicsSites and Relic Cards

ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY

PreambleMethodology and SurveyRecommendations

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PYRMONT INDUSTRIAL ARCHAEOLOGY

HERITAGE STUDY

1.0 AREA

The area of this study is bounded by Darling Harbour,

Blackwattle Bay, Johnston's Bay, Gipps, Edward and Bridge

Streets, Pyrmont.

2.0 THE BRIEF

The brief which was delivered informally was in two parts.

,In the first, a study was to be undertaken to,identify and

assess engineering and industrial relics and make

preliminary, recommendations as to their possible future

conservation. Secondly, areas of possible archaeological

significance, that is areas where European or Aboriginal

archaeological deposits, which are covered by Heritage

Legislation, were to be identified.

3.0 CONSTRAINTS

The time allowed for completion of the project was one

month and was conducted before a definitive industry

history of the peninsular had been prepared.

4.0 PROCEDURE FOR ASSESSMENT

.1 Preamble

The study area had been divided into 11 precincts by

Lester Firth and Associates in a work commissioned by

CSR/Lend Lease in 1988. These precincts, although uneven

in size and content, were used in this investigation. The

precincts and names are shown on figure 1.

.2 The Register

A register of all bUildings known to or likely to contain

items of heritage significance was drawn up from the

literature and by traversing the area on foot and

'interviewing key informants. Altogether some 81 bUildings

were included on the register although only a relatively

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small number were found to contain significant relics. It

would appear that in recent years a great number of

industrial bUildings have been gutted and converted into

office or commercial space.. This has been brought about

in part by the relocation of port facilities and the

consequent relocation of service and manufacturing

industries.

.3 Individual Assessment

Each place on the register was then visited and a register

of relics drawn up. Each relic was assessed in the

categories of historical association, technological

importance, structural integrity, interpretive ability,

relative rarity and operational ability.

Historical association refers to the length of association

a bUilding, structure or relic has had with the historic

environment in which it is found. Many of the items

extant at pyrmont date from the early 20th. century. There

are very few relics which date from the first phases of

pyrmont's development.

Technological importance of a structure or relic is the

contribution it makes to the understanding of the history

of bUilding technology or industrial technology , either

through its extant fabric or through the artifacts with

which it is associated.

structural integrity refers to the physical condition of

the structure or relic and the sympathy with which

alterations have been made to its fabric. Some items have

remained unchanged since they were installed or erected

while others have been altered or dismantled.

Interpretive ability is the ease with which a relic can

demonstrate the part it played in a process or in the

development of a site. Purpose-built structures on many

of these sites and associated plant and machines lend

themselves to interpretation of methods employed in

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various industries.

Operational ability is the ability of a relic to be

operated in. its present condition, with a minimum amount

of work being done to it and providing normal facilities

such as power source or other materials are available.

Relative rarity is the measure of the number of similar

items eXisting now as compared to the number made.

Social significance refers to the importance a building or

relic may have to a social group as part nf a spiritual,

political, national or cultural sentiment or development.

Each of the above categories is given a rating from 1

(lowest) to 5 (highest). From these ratings a

Significance Assessment score is given which reflects the

total significance that a relic may have.

The different categories should not be regarded as being

equivalent in considering the total significance

assessment. The final weighting for each relic given in

the assessment, though very closely allied to the assigned

ratings in the five or six categories, is dependent to a

certain extent on the experience of the assessor.

The Significance Assessment raw score corresponds to the

following categories:

5 . exceptional significance

4 high significance

3 moderate significance

2 some significance

1 little significance

Relics or structures which have exceptional significance

or high significance should be conserved and should be the

subject of a conservation plan.

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significance may be considered for conservation if it

ranks highly in one particular category or it forms part

of a complex.

Relics or structures which rate as having some or little

significance should have their form, construction,

function and other relevant details fully recorded before

they are modified or moved.

It should be stressed that the rating of a structure or

relic will change over time and that this report is

relevant only for the period in which it was written.

.4 Assemblage, Collection or System

Relics are not always separate isolated items, more often

they are part of a collection, assemblage or system.

Assemblages

An assemblage may be regarded as a relic, including all

the tools and items normally associated with it when it

was operating. This would include the spanners and

wrenches used to tighten loose nuts, adjust gears and

other speed regulating mechanisms, screens to prevent

contact with moving parts and samples of completed and

partially completed work. A compressor for a

refrigeratio? plant is not merely a single machine. It is

an assemblage consisting of a large number of parts, such

as belts which transfer energy from the electric motor,

shapes for immediate replacement and the common tools,· oil

cans and wrenches needed to keep it operational.

Collections

A collection is usually a number of relics which belong to

a group because they form the same function or produce the

same finished product.

Systems

A system is more than a collection of artifacts. It is an

operational group of related relics which cannot function

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effectively if anyone is removed.

There will, of course, be exceptions to such a rule. A

relic may be of exceptional significance - such as a steam

engine - and its removal from a system with which it is

not contemporaneous, may in fact allow its significance to

be increased. But in the main systems and collections

should not be separated.

Assessment of Assemblages, 'Collections and Systems

Where an assemblage, collection or system is intact it may

be assessed as a whole. In almost all cases the criteria

used to assess' individual relics is suitable for assessing

these groups. It is worth noting that when an assemblage,

a collection or a system is assessed, it is qUite often of

greater cultural significance than any of the individual

relics of which" it is composed.

removing a relic from a

significance "of both the

Because of the plant modernising program undertaken by CSR

and other industries in pyrmont over the last decade,

there are very few systems or collections of relics left

intact. Several assemblages still exist over the site.

Wherever a relic was part of an assemblage, collection or

system, this was taken into account when the final

assessment score was being" established. Thus all scores

throughout this text for each relic are composite, made up

of one part for the individual relic and one part for the

role it has in an assemblage, collection or system.

It is almost invariable that

system decreases the cultural

relic and the system.

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5.0 BRIEF HISTORY OF THE INDUSTRIES OF PYRMONT POINT

The initial land grant at pyrmont was to Thomas Jones, a

soldier, in 1795 by the then Governor, Colonel Patterson.

This land was acquired in 1799 by the Captain of the

Regiment, John Macarthur who later christened the northern

half of the peninsula 'Pyrmont'. The southern half was

acquired by Surgeon Harris who established the Ultimo

Estate. These two estates remained intact until their

subdivision in 1840, upon which several businesses moved

onto the peninsula waterfront and numerous farms and homes

were built upon the ridge.

The road route to Pyrmont was a long and circuitous

journey around the Darling Harbour swamp so water

transport was an early feature and maritime industries

dominated the early years. Russells Shipyard opened in

1840 near Darling Harbour and Chownes Boatyard was

established in Jones Bay in 1839. Ballast quarries were

established on the western ridge and a ferry service

connected the settlement to the city.

The first major development came in 1846 when the

Australian Steam Navigation Company purchased the

promontory known as Darling Island and built an extensive

ship building and repair yard for its fleet of coastal

steamers. The second major development came in 1853 when

an immigrant mason, Charles Saunders, opened the Pyrmont

Sandstone Quarry on a large site on the western side of

the point. In 1854, the two combined in a project to

level the land of Darling Island and build a large and

modern slipway, part of a six and a half acre headquarters

for the company on the former island.

Pyrmont grew quickly throughout the 1850s and 1860s,

supporting two schools and two churches, numerous small

business and several larger ones. Fifes Iron Foundry was

opened in 1855 and in 1858 the first bridge to the city

was opened across Darling Harbour. It had a movable span

to allow shipping to pass through to the head of the bay.

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In the late 1860s, the City Iron Works Company, encouraged

by rising city land prices, built an extensive foundry and

engineering shop on the north-western point. A wharf into

Blackwattle Bay enabled easy transport of materials. The

Quarry operated throughout this period, supplying some of

the finest bUilding stone for such buildings as the Sydney

University, the G.P.O., the Lands Department and the

Colonial Secretary's Buildings and, local~y, the Pyrmont

Post Office.

In 1875 , the Colonial Sugar Ref ining Company purchased

most of the north-western tip of the peninsula and built a

large refinery and sugar processing works. This industry

expanded steadily on this site, building an extensive

complex of factory bUildings, a distillery and a molasses

plant and it also built a large number of terrace and

othe~ houses around the point for its employees. It had

achieved its current form by the 1930s and remains in

operation today.

On the western side of the point, the steep hillside

precluded large industry from settling north of Darling

Island but on the southern side, the Railways Department

had been building a goods rail network extending along the

western side of Darling Harbour. In 1889, twin jetties

were built with rail sidings onto the wharves projecting

into Darling Harbour. These were called the coal wharves

and were the terminal to supply the coal for the expanding

state rail system.

In 1899, the State ~overnment purchased the former A.S.N.

shipyard on Darling Island and began an extensive

rebuilding program. The land was filled and levelled, a

sea wall in concrete constructed and in 1900, wharves were

constructed on the eastern and western sides. The south

western end was set aside for Naval purposes and the

Imperial Navy oversaw the construction, from 1904 to 1906,

of several large stores buildings known as the Royal

Edward Victualling Yards. The berths on the eastern side

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of the island were provided with rail sidings and were the

Grain Wharves, containing specialist equipment for the

extensive handling of bagged wheat.

Following the establishment of the Sydney Harbour Trust in

1901 and extensive work elsewhere in the harbour, the

northern side"of Darling Island was cleared and work began

excavating the cliff face to provide a level roadway

around the tip of the peninsula. Wharves 19-21, built on

f ill and with a concrete roadway extended out on piles

into the bay, and Wharves 22/23, triangular in shape, were

completed by 1919. These were specialist wool handling

wharves with rail sidings and were associated with the

numerous wool stores that were being established

throughout this period in nearby Ultimo.

In 1904, land adjacent to the rail yards near the coal

wharves was chosen for the site of Sydney's £irst electric

light and power generating station. This power house

progressively grew in size, being extensively rebuilt

between 1945 and 1955, until it was the last major

electricity generating station operating in the Sydney

region when it finally closed in 1978. It was

decommissioned in 1984 but as yet it remains intact,

awaiting a decision on its future.

The Sydney Harbour Trust completed its work in 1928 with

the construction of Berths 24/25 on the top of the point,

connecting Jones Bay Road with the end of Harris Street.

The Maritime Services Board took over in the 1930s and

undertook the redevelopment of Berths 7-10 in the mid

1930s and Berths 12-15 in the late 1940s, following the

progressive relocation of wheat-handling to Glebe Island

after 1922. Berths 7-10 were general wharves with rail

access, whilst 12-15 became; in 1951, the first purpose

built passenger terminal in Sydney Harbour.

The other major industry established early in this century

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that remains in operation is Gillespie's Anchor Flour

Mill. Built in 1921, it has milled flour continuously

since. The Pyrmont Quarry that in its heyday employed

over 300 men, closed in the late 1920s. In its place, the

city council built, in. the mid-1930s, the city garbage

incinerator using equipment supplied by the Reverberatory

Incinerator and Engineering Company in a building designed

by WaIter Burley Griffin. It operated until the 1960s,

then closed and is now in a ruinous ·condition.

The western shore of the point along Blackwattle Bay did

not develop until the opening of the Glebe Island Bridge

in 1905 and was for the next thirty years a site favoured

by the timber companies that proliferated in Blackwattle

Bay.. The city council also had a small wharf at the base

of Gipps street. In the mid-1920s, the British Imperial

Oil Company set up an extensive depot beside a wharf near

Gipps street. This depot, later to be owned by Shell Oil

Co. had a siding to the goods line and an extensive

loading platform. This site was taken over in 1963 and

redeveloped as the Fish Markets and the base for the

Sydney fishing fleet.

The period from 1950 to 1980 has, by and large, seen most

of the industries that ·once made pyrmont a .busy industrial

centre, either disappear or move elsewhere. Shipping,

wool, power generation and the railway goods handling

operations have all undergone radical changes which have

meant the wholesale abandonment of industrial bUildings

and facilities around Pyrmont. Many buildings have been

redeveloped as offices and ·as locations of small

businesses in a new tradition of industry. The area has

also developed during this period as a residential area,

former workers' housing having become valuable for its

amenity to the city. Developments into the 1990s suggest

continued change in the activities and character of the

peninsula.

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6.1 PRECINCTS AND BOUNDARIES

PRECINCTS:

1. WHARVES PRECINCT2. POWER STATION PRECINCT3. POINT SREET PRECINCT4~ JOHNSTON'S COVE PRECINCT5. HARRIS STREET PRECINCT6. McCAFFEREY'S PRECINCT7. HARVEY STREET PRECINCT8. REFINERY PRECINCT9. MOLASSES PRECINCT

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BUILDING/STRUCTURE

Wharf 19 - 21, Pyrmont,Jones Bay Road

Darling Island Signal Box(abandoned) below the JonesBay Road Dverbridge

Royal Edward Victualling Yard:Building A &B, Pyrmont Wharf17/18, Jones Bay Road

Consider for Conservation


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*Three concrete framed, timbercl ad Buil dings

*Signal Room contains 28 Levers inthree Blocks

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*Road Dverbridge to Upper Level*Gates &Posts to Road Overbridge*Three travelling Gantries on Wharf Apron*Remains of two Lifts*Remains of Capstans/Elevators

*Jib Crane erected in 1916

*Three electric Goods Lifts* Three electric Goods Hoists with

external Jibs*Two Cloth Examination Machines

WHARVES PRECINCT

Royal Edward Victualling Yard:Commonwealth Building, PyrmontWharf, 17, Jones Bay Road

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*Railway Traverser*Two electric Capstans*Rail· Truck Loading Hopper*Sidings and Buffers

~Ammonia Refrigeration Plant

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Darling Island - PyrmontWharves 11-18, Jones Bay Road

Pyrmont Wharves 12-14,Jones Bay Road

*Cliff Face and iron Pike Fence*Tracks, Points (6)*Concrete Retai~ing Wall &Fence

* Concrete Sea-Wall around Island(circa 1897)

*Two 3-ton 3600 electric Jib Cranes ontravelling Gantries on Wharf Apron

*Three Walkway Gantri es .*First purpose-built Passenger Terminal

in Sydney (Wharf 13)

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Union Street Signal Box,Railway Goods Yard,Union Street

*Main Signal Box for Wharves/PowerStation/FlourMill and Goods YardSidings

*Goods Yard Sidings, Points andSignals

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IRailway Goods Yard,Edward Street Entrance

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PMG Stores, former DarlingIsland Bond &Free Store,10-12 Pyrmont Street

Bridge over Railway,Jones Bay Road

Pyrmont Power Station,Pyrmont Street

Fielder Gillespie Flour Mills,former Anchor Four Mill,Union Street

Butchers Shop, 35 Union Street

Esso Service Station,Cnr Pyrmont Street &Edward Street

James Craig &Sons, Marine &General engineers,84 Union Street

*Government Stores BUilding, formerCommercial Warehouse

*Possible remains of originalfacilities inside

*Reinforced concrete Road Overbridgebuilt by Sy~ney Harbour Trust

*Iron Pik~ and Rail Fence

*Original 1904 Power Station lA) builtby Sydney Municipal Corporation

*Pyrmont Power Station (B) built1949-1955, closed 1984 - Last PowerStation built in Sydney Region*Individual Relics as identified

*Built 1920/21, large four-storeybrick Flour Mill in continuous operation

*Individual Relics not identified

*Unmodernised Retail Meat Shop withoriginal fittings, layout andleadlight windows

*Early Petrol Station Building and Layout

*Small-scale Engineering Work Shop inrough timber-framed corrugated ironsheds - small example of Business oncetypical of area

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Waterside Cold Stores *Six-storey brick Cold Store Building,2-10 Point Street purpose built. Road access to top Floor

with rail siding to lowest Floor adjacentto Wharves*Rail siding and Loading Equipment*Remains of original Ammonia Refridge-

ration Plant N/A

Roadbridge over Rail Cutting, *Large deep brick-lined, arched BridgeHarris Street contemporary with cutting 4 Conserve in Situ

Stone retaining Wall. * Large section of sandstone-block127-133 Point Street Retaining Wall supporting Point Street 3-4 Conserve

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CSR Engineer's Workshopcnr Bowman &Harris Street

CSR Boiler House,Harris Street

CSR Boiler House and PowerHouse, Harris Street

CSR Free Wharf,'Ha rri s Street

*Part of CSR Refinery Complexstill in operation

*Individual Relics

*As above*Boilers

* As above*Brown Boveri Altenators

*As above*Large Jib Crane

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*large federation-period brick Woolstorewith frontages to Harris Street andPyrmont Street of high arc~ecturalquality,it has been completelyrefurbished to house numerous officesand business premises*Possibly relics-not identified NIL

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I Sydney Prop Centre P/Lformerly Dias P/l80-84 John Street

I Schute Bell Badgery &LumbyWoolstore,94-126 Harris Street

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Blacksmiths81-89 Pyrmont Street

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SHK Archtects (NSW) P/Lformerly Nu-Swift P/L157-159 Harris Street

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*Two-storey brick Warehouse Building,probably host to several businesses

*Possible relics, not identified

*An extensive single-storey brickWorkshop Building originally containingan engineering and metal-working shop,currently used as a garage and store

*Possibly relics-not identified

*Two-storey brick Warehouse Buildingrecently refurbished as professionaloffices

*Remains of loading Doors evident onrear Frontage

*Group of three brick Buildingsoriginally housing ManufacturingWorks unknown. Renovated to housenew occupants.

*Wood Block Paving in Path &courtyard.*Former Stables, now Cold Store atrear of Site.

*Archaeological Site of Stables activity

*Post-War brick Distillery.Building now refurbished as offices.

*Possibly Relics not identified

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McCafferey's Building,former Stables &YardSaunders Lane

*Large. timber-framed corrugatediron clad stables and yard nowused as truck depot.

*Ihdividual Relics. pertain toStables Activities

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CSR Research LaboratoryJohn Street

CSR Engineers Workshop,cnr Harvey, Bowman &Harris Street's

Entrance to Railway Tunneladjacent to John Street

*Part of CSR Refinery complex stillin operation.

*Individual relics to be identified.

*Part of CSR Refinery complex stillin operati on.

*Individual relics to be identified.

*Brick and concrete lined Double TrackTunnel for the goods tine.

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CSR Caneite Factory,Bowman Street

CSR Raw Sugar Store

CSR CooperageBowman Street

CSR Refinery Building,Bowman .Street

CSR Refinery - AncillaryBUildings and Structures

*Part of CSR Refinery Complex,still in operation

*Individual Relics, masonite,defibrulatorand vats.

*As above

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* Cooperage Tools, ,.

*Crystal House &Char Facility

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CSR Char Plant,Jones Street

CSR Di sti 11 ery,Jones Street

CSR Alcohol Warehouse andBond Store,Jones Street

CSR Carbon Di-Oxyde Plant,Jones Street

CSR Distillery-AncillaryBuildings and Structures,. -. ,

*Part of CSR Refinery Complex,. still in operation*Individual Relics include Char Tanks

* Stills, Tanks and Barrels

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*Steam driven Compressors (3 sets)

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Former City Incinerator,End of Saunders Street

Remains of first PyrmontIncinerator,End of Saunders Street

Sydney County CouncilSubstation No: 168,End of Saunder Street

Cliff Face, former Pyrmont.Sandstone Quarry,End of Saunders Street

Entrance to Railway Tunnel,Saunders Street

Road Bridge over theRailway Goods Line,Miller Street

Remains of Railway Platformand Siding,Bank Street

*Ruin of large Municipal Garbage Incineratordesigned by Walter Burley Griffin anderected in 1935. Regarded as one of thearchitect's finest works. The Building isabandoned and in a ruinous condition.*Numerous features relating to operationof incinerator.

*A series of contiguous walls of sandstoneblocks provide the Retaining Walls andFoundations of the W.B. Griffin incineratorerected on the site above.

*Well-detailed brick Electricity Sub-Station,two-storeys high, adj~cent to the W.B.Griffinincinerator.

*Quarried Cliff-Face is remains of once large. and productive Sandstone Quarry. First opened

in 1853 by Charles Saunders. It provided stonefor the G.P.O.,the Lands Department Buildingand pyrmont Post Office, amongst others.

*Brick and concrete lined, double track RailwayTunnel for the Goods Line.

*Rivetted plate-girder steel Bridgeon brick and concrete Piers with stoneparapets. 4

*The Platforms and damaged Rooms/Officesand Stairs of concrete and brick are theremains of ~xtensive Rail Siding to the GoodsLine. A tunnel connects under the Roadwayadjacent to the fish Markets Site. Believedto be associated with the original Oil Depoton that Site. 3

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Conserve

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Conserve in Situ

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Festival Records,63-79 Miller Street *Large two-three storey brick and concrete

Building built in the 1930's. It has' interestingArt-Deco Features with Tiles and patterned Glass.

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*Sections of Sandstone Sea Wall remain intact.4

*A centre-opening swing-span Bridge designedby Percy Allen and opened in 1903. Similar butsmaller than Pyrmont Bridge. it is the only .5example of this type still in full operationin Australia.

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BUILDING/STRUCTURE

Red Cedar Workshop P/L.former Fork- Lift P/L.No: 1 Bank Street.

Old Sydney Fish Markets.former Shell Oil Depot.Bank Street

Remains of sandstone Sea-Wallalong Blackwattle Bay.

Glebe Island Bridge.Bank Street.

*Three brick Buildings and a coveredJetty form a group around a centralcourtyard. The buildings have housedvarious businesses including a"HandsomeCab Company, a Fishing Trawler Depot.a Meat Packing Business and a Fork LiftDistributor.

*The covered Jetty is in poor condition.

*The central group of brick Buildings.'being the Market Selling-floors. theCold Store and the Fish Cleaning Section.date from the Shell Oil Depot. the prioroccupant.

*Relics not identified.

HERITAGEASSESMENT

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N/A

RECOMMENDATION



Conserve

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NAME: ROYAL EDWARD VICTUALLING YARD, BUILDINGS A & BLOCATION: WHARF 18, JONES BAY ROAD, PYRMONT

The sprinkler system installed throughout both buildings was afeature of the original design, including the central \-latertower, that contrasts with its absence in the Victuallingstores bUilding erected 10 years earlier on Garden Island.

In the Examination Room in store B are two cloth inspectionmachines installed in 1913. Manufactured by W. Whiteley & Sonsof HUddersfield, England, these machines test and inspect thequality and specifications of cloth - important for a largeconsumer of cloth such as the Navy.

Three Electric Goods Lifts(internal) 4/5 Conserve in situ

Three Electric Goods Hoists(external) 4/5 Conserve in situ

Two Whiteley Cloth InspectionMachines 4/5 Conserve

RecommendationHeritageAssessment

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Relic

SIGNIFICANCE: These large purpose-built warehouse buildings ina waterfront location represent the height of influence ofBritish imperialism in the 19th century. They were built 'tosupply the Imperial Navy ships of the various fleets based inthe Southern Hemisphere and the requirements and specificationswere provided from ·London. The bU'ilding, on the other hand,was designed locally utilising local materials and technologyat the highest available standard. The installation ofelectric lifts throughout would have been a very modern feature(Ultimo Power House, AC current -1903; Sydney Electric LightStation - 1904). The Cloth Examination Machines are believedto be the best preserved of these type and period in Australia.

DESCRIPTION: A large red brick warehouse building comprisingtwo wings, one of six storeys (B) and one of five storeys (A),joined by common links to a central eight storey water tower.Built 1905/1906 by the Public Works Department on behalf of theImperial Navy, the buildings have hardwood timber columns andbearers with timber floors and a timber truss roof.

There are three electric goods .lifts installed in 1906 by theP.W.D., all virtually identical "Major, Stevens & Coats" unitsThey were modified to 'new safety and operating standards in1916 and again in 1937. On the facade of the building areinstalled three electric goods hoists comprising a wrought ironjib over which a cable and hook run from the winch mountedinside on the top floor. Double sliding timber loading doorsinstalled on each floor below the jib allow movement of goodsdirectly from each hoist into the building.


NAME: ROYAL EDWARD VICTUALLING YARD - COMMONWEALTH BUILDING(NAVAL STORES)

LOCATION: WHARF 17, JONES BAY ROAD PYRMONT

SIGNIFICANCE: A substantial example of a stores bUilding thatwas part of the Naval supply operation - while it is now usedfor a different purpose to that for which it was designed, theoriginal crane is a physical and technical link to the originalfunction.

DESCRIPTION: A nine-storey steel-framed, red brick warehouseon a sandstone base built as an addition to the adjacent RoyalEdward Victualling Yard in 1915. Built as a general store,with timber floors and ceilings, it has been extensivelyrefurbished by the owners as a general off ice facility andresearch laboratory. The original fittings and fixtures haveall been removed, including the early lifts, however anoriginal jib crane remains from 1916


Relic

Jib Crane erected in 1916

HeritageAssessment

4/5

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Recommendation

Conserve in situ

NAME: WHARF 19-21LOCATION: JONES BAY ROAD, PYRMONT

SIGNIFICANCE: Part of the group of wharves built by the SydneyHarbour Trust, this wharf is the first example using concretepiles and concrete central roadways to both levels with solidfill below the lower level. It has rail access to both wharfaprons and unique light wells to allow natural light to thelower level.

DESCRIPTION: Built between 1911 and 1919, this finge~ wharf,369m long and 81m wide, comprises a solid central roadway i5m x308m surrounded by ferro-concrete cylinder piles enclosingtu~pentine piles on 3.7m centres. Four sheds on the jetty areof two storeys with steel framework on the lower and timberframing on the upper' floor. Concrete central roadways on bothlevels provide access to the length of the jetty, with arivetted steel girder and concrete deck road overbridge toBayview street connecting to the upper level. ' Rail tracks arelaid along both wharf aprons, although movement of the sea wallhas cut off access to the eastern side, and'travelling gantrieson each side gave access to the upper level. A passengerterminal was added into the shed of No. 20 Berth in 1971. Thegates and posts to the upper level road overbridge weretransferred from Cowper Wharf in Woolloomooloo.

Heritage,Assessment

Recommendation

Conserve in situConserve in situConsider forConservation

Consider forConservation


4/54/5

3/53/5

3/5Remains of Capstans/Elevators

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Road Overbridge to Upper LevelGates & Posts to Road OverbridgeThree travelling Gantries on

Wharf ApronRemains of two Lifts


NAME: DARLING ISLAND SIGNAL BOX (abandoned)LOCATION: BELOW THE JONES BAY ROAD OVERBRIDGE TO THE RAILWAY

CUTTING

SIGNIFICANCE: Part, of the original system of rail access tothe wharves, this signal box would have been a busy station inthe heyday of the wharf's operation and integral to the totalsystem. The manner of construction is unusual, displaying aninnovative use of concrete.

DESCRIPTION: Located at the junction of the Railway Goods Lineand the Jones Bay Road wharf sidings, this Signal Box comprisesthree small bUildings construc,ted of concrete posts withweatherboard cladding erected in the drop-log manner. OnebUilding contains the Signal Levers, one is general amenitiesand the third presently contains electrical equipment. All areabandoned, as are the wharf sidings. The Signal Box contains28 levers in three blocks.

HeritageAssessment

Recommendation


Consider forConservation3/5

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Relic

Three concrete framed, timber,clad BUildings

Signal Room contains 28 Leversin three Blocks


NAME: WATERSIDE COLD STORESLOCATION WESTERN END OF JONES BAY ROAD

SIGNIFICANCE: The relics clustered around the base of theWaterside Cold Stores are the remains of the terminal of anetwork of rail sidings serving the pyrmont Wharves. Thetraverser, electric capstans, tracks and the Cold store loadingdock are elements of a wagon shunting system indicative of thedegree of actiVity once carried on in this area, whilst beinginteresting technical relics of the period.

DESCRIPTION: A large concrete-framed brick bUild:i:ng againstthe cliff face at the end of Jones Bay Road, built between 1920and 1928. Access to the upper level is from Point street,whilst the lowest level comprises loading docks to Jones BayRoad and the rail sidings which terminate at this point. Onesiding runs directly under the bUilding and the loading hoppersand associated equipment remain in place. A railway traverser,two electric capstans, tracks, end buffers and points are theremains of the terminus of the pyrmont Wharf sidings. Theoriginal Ammonia Refrigeration plant remains in situ but wasnot inspected.

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Relic HeritageAssessment

Railway Traverser 3/5

Two electric Capstans 3/5

Rail Truck Loading Hopper 3/5

Sidings and Buffers 3/5

Ammonia Refrigeration Plant N/A

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Recommendation





Further ResearchRequired

NAME: RAIL CUTTINGLOCATION: JONES BAY ROAD (WEST FROM GOODS LINE OVERBRIDGE)

SIGNIFICANCE: The long stretches of fences are an interestingperiod feature that remain functional as barriers to theprecipices created by the construction of the cutting and JonesBay Road. The cut:ting and Jones Bay Road are part of thereconstruction of the pyrmont wharves carried on by the SydneyHarbour Trust and compare with the creation of Hickson Roadaround Millers Point.

DESCRIPTION: A long cutting against the escarpment. runningparallel to Jones Bay Road west of the Goods Line Overbridgecarries the two lines of track to the terminus at the WatersideCold stores. The edge of the escarpment (Mill street), theoverbridge to the Goods Line and the northern side of Jones BayRoad from the overbridge to the point where the roadway andrail line are at the same level is lined by an iron pike andrail fence contemporary with the construction of the cuttingand Jones Bay Road. The Jones Bay Road approach to theoverbridge is carried on a concrete retaining wall. The railtracks remain unused in the cutting, with points where sidingsdiverge to serve each wharf.

HeritageAssessment

Recommendation

Conserve in situConserve in situConserve in situ

4/54/54/5

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Relic

Cliff Face and iron Pike FenceTracks, Points (6)Concrete Retaining Wall & Fence


NAME: SEA WALL, DARLING ISLANDLOCATION: WHARVES 11-18, JONES BAY ROAD, PYRMONT

SIGNIFICANCE: The earliest example of concrete being usedextensively to build sea walls but, more importantly, theinitial site of a modular form of construction being developedusing pre-cast reinforced concrete units assembled on the site.The success of the material was such that it subsequentlyreplaced all other forms of sea wall.

DESCRIPTION: 'In 1897., the Public Works Departmen.t beganerecting a new sea wall around Darling Island. This wallutilised pre-cast reinforced concrete blocks laid to form avertical wall with the orientation of the blocks offset fromthe horizontal to form a diamond interlock pattern and the areabehind backfilled with coarse rock 'and aggregate. The SydneyHarbour Trust eventually constructed concrete sea wallsvirtually from Darling Harbour to the eastern side of SydneyCove. It was proved to be an effective system, being easilyconstructed, stable, rat-proof and relatively cheap.

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Concrete Sea-Wall aroundIsland (circa 1897}

HeritageAssessment

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Recommendation

Conserve in situ

NAME: PYRMONT WHARVES 12-14LOCATION: JONES BAY ROAD

SIGNIFICANCE: pyrmont 13 wharf was the first purpose-builtpassenger terminal in Sydney Harbour and was the gateway toAustralia for many of the post-war immigrants that arrivedduring the next decade. It was also the major terminal for thecruise liners until the opening of the Overseas PassengerTerminal at .Circular Quay in 1961, to which Pyrmontsubsequently became the alternative. Following ~he demise ofthe sea-based passenger transport system in fayour of airtravel after the end of the 1960s, the terminal has been littleused.

DESCRIPTION: Following the removal of Grain Handling to GlebeIsland by the end of the 1940s, the existing sheds· were removedand the first wharf·building designed to handle only passengertraffic was constructed and completed by 1951. Built of brickand concrete, with road access to the western side of both theupper and lower levels and rail access to the apron, the layoutof the wharf enabled passengers and baggage to be handled .onthe upper level, 3 travelling gantries giving upper levelaccess to the ships, whilst general cargos, provisions andsupplies could be loaded and unloaded on the lower level. Two3 ton 3600 electric Jib Cranes, mounted on electrically driventravelling gantries, manufactured by W.A. Hodkinson P/L ofSydney, provided unloading facilities for cargo on the wharfapron.

HeritageAssessment



Recommendation


3/5

3/5

3/5First purpose-built PassengerTerminal in Sydney (Wharf 13)

Relic

Two 3-ton 3600 electric JibCranes on travelling Gantrieson Wharf Apron

Three Walkway Gantries


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NAME: UNION STREET SIGNAL BOXLOCATION: RAILWAY GOODS YARD, ADJACENT TO UNION STREET

NAME: REMAINS OF WEIGHBRIDGELOCATION: RAILWAY GOODS YARD, EDWARD STREET ENTRANCE

SIGNIFICANCE: The exact role that this weigh station played inthe operation of the Goods Yard requires further research. Asa feature of the yard, it is an important indicator of the roleplayed by vehicular goods transport in the operation of theyard.

SIGNIFICANCE: This was the main signal box for the northernrailway goods yard and interchange with the pyrmont wharfsidings including the flour mill and power station. Althoughmuch reduced in operation nowadays, the signal box retains mostof the original equipment and fittings.

Recommendation

Consider·forConservation

Recommendation

Conserve in situConsider forConservation

3/5

HeritageAssessment

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Relic

Remains of W~ighbridge

Main Signal Box for Wharves/Power Station/Flour Milland Goods Yard Sidings 4/5

Goods Yard Sidings, Pointsand Signals 3/5


DESCRIPTION: The cast-iron weigh-plate and surrounds are allthat remains of a substantial weighbridge that once stood atthe vehicular entrance to the Railway Goods Yard. The ironwork is impressed with the manufacturer's name "W. & T. Avery,Birmingham". The control house and associated'structures wereremoved between 1975 and 1983, the exact date being unclear atthis time.

DESCRIPTION: A two-storey weatherboard signal box contemporarywith the development of the Goods Yard and the Pyrm0nt wharfrail sidings. This signal box is the main controller for thewharves, the flour mill, the power station and the northerngoods yard sidings, alth'ough only the flour mill is stillreceiving rail traffic. The tracks, points and. other equipmentremain largely intact in the yard and the signals remainconnected.

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SIGNIFICANCE: A government stores bUilding that was at onetime a commercial warehouse, sited very close to the upperlevel road access to Wharf 19-21.

NAME: PMG STORES, FORMER DARLING ISLAND BOND AND FREESTORES

LOCATION: 10-12 PYRMONT STREET

SIGNIFICANCE: One of a group of contemporary bridges built toa largely standardised design by the Sydney Harbour Trust.With the others, it represents an early use of reinforcedconcrete for this purpose.

DESCRIPTION: A large' brick warehouse buL!.dipg -of threestoreys with the name of the original business in faded paintbelow the roofline. The roof is of corrugated iron and is asimple single-gable. Interior not sighted but there arepossible warehouse relics.

Recommendation



Recommendation

Further research

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Reinforced concrete RoadOverbridge built by SydneyHarbour Trust 3/5

Iron Pike and Rail Fence 3/5

NAME: BRIDGE OVER RAILWAY LINELOCATION: JONES BAY ROAD


DESCRIPTION: Reinforced concrete overbridge built with theconstruction of Jones Bay Road by the Sydney Harbour Trust. Itis similar in design and materials to three bridges overHickson Road in the Rocks , built around the same time. Itappears to be in good condition. The roadway is lined by acast-iron pike and rail fence.

stores BUilding, formerCommercial Warehouse N/A

Possible remains of originalfacilities inside

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NAME: PYRMONT POWER STATIONLOCATION: PYRMONT STREET

DESCRIPTION: The original 1904 "Sydney Electric LightingStation" bUilding fronting pyrmont Street is a three storeybrick bUilding with sandstone detailing and moulded window anddoor surrounds. Windows are round headed, many with stainedglass panels that bear floral emblems. Floor construction is aperiod fireproof type utilising terracotta blocks, concrete andsteel. Originally the Administration Block, the building nowhouses the Central Laboratories. The second or. 'B' Station wascommenced in 1949 and .completed in 1955. It employed highpressure steam turbo-alternator sets generating 33,000 voltsAC. Steam was supplied by Babcock & Wilcox pulverised coalburning boilers. Coal was delivered by rail from the sidingsin the adjacent yard. The station ceased generating in 1978and was decommissioned in 1984.

SIGNIFICANCE: The remains of the original Lighting· Station arean important relic of an early Sydney power station. Thesecond station was the last major power station built in theSydney region and an important stage in the development ofelectricity usage. A· local landmark, its operation had asignificant impact on the neighbourhood both by its activityand its infamous soot and ash problems.

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POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM:Two Rectifiers 4/5110V Battery Installation 4/5M~rcury Arc Rectifier 4/5Panel Switch & Instrument

board 4/5

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ConserveConserveConserve

Conserve

NAME: FIELDER GILLESPIE FLOUR MILL, FORMER ANCHOR FLOURMILL

LOCATION: 52 UNION STREET

SIGNIFICANCE: A large flour mill with classic mill features,located close to the city with a rail siding and large concretesilos, it is the last major mill in a central city location.

DESCRIPTION: The main mill bUilding is a large four storeywith basement red-brick building opened in 1921 by theGillespie brothers, replacing their earlier mill in lowerBathurst street. A roller mill operating on the gradualreduction system, it was fitted with the latest Englishmachinery when opened and has operated continuously since.There are forty concrete wheat silos, twenty facing Edwardstreet, built circa 1921 and a further twenty added on Unionstreet in the 1940s for a total capacity of 10,000 tons. Adetailed study of this site is required to identify significantrelics.

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Not identified

HeritageAssessment

N/A

Recommendation

Research required

SIGNIFICANCE: A fine example of a butchers shop with anappearance and layout characteristic of this industry severaldecades ago.

DESCRIPTION: A three-storey brick shop with residence above,with corrugated iron roof and full awning over footpath.Internally unmodernised, the white tiles, timber butchersblocks, the layout and minimal display are features rarely seenin retail meat outlets today. The shop windows have some fineleadlight panels in good condition.

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NAME: BUTCHERS SHOPLOCATION: 35 UNION STREET


Unmodernised Retail Meat Shopwith original fittings,layout and leadlight windows 4/5

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Recommendation

Conserve

NAME: ESSO SERVICE STATIONLOCATION: CORNER PYRMONT AND. EDWARD STREETS

SIGNIFICANCE: Example of small business of industrialcharacter once common in the area.

NAME: JAMES CRAIG & SONS, MARINE & GENERAL ENGINEERSLOCATION: 84 UNION STREET

SIGNIFICANCE: The building 1 its layout and location are allfeatures now rarely seen in service stations.

Recommendation

Further researchrequired

Further researchreqUired

Recommendation

HeritageAssessment

N/A

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HeritageAssessment

Relic

Individual Relics notIdentified

DESCRIPTION: A small-scale general engineering work shop in asingle storey brick building and several timber-framedcorrugated-iron clad sheds.

Relic

Early Petrol stationBuilding and Layout

DESCRIPTION: An early brick and cement rendered. one-storeyservice station with interesting architectural features such ascast-concrete mock columns and a parapet behind the awning overthe bowsers. The bUilding is in a corner location with accessfrom three streets.

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NAME: ROAD BRIDGE OVER RAILWAY CUTTINGLOCATION: HARRIS STREET, NEAR JOHN STREET

DESCRIPTION: A short (approx. 20-25 metres) stretch ofretaining wall supporting Point Street constructed of roughdressed sandstone blocks. It appears to be in good condition.

DESCRIPTION: Large arched bri~k bridge on brick piers carryingHarris street over the Railway Goods Line, contemporary withthe railway cutting.

SIGNIFICANCE: A large road bridge erected during the period ofthe construction of the railway goods line. Similarity withthe nearby rail tunnel suggests the Railways Department as theprobable builder. It is the only example of its type in theregion.

Recommendation

Conserve in Situ

Recommendation

Conserve in situ

4/5

HeritageAssessment

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Relic

Sandstone Retaining Wall

NAME: SANDSTONE RETAINING WALLLOCATION: POINT STREET, OPPOSITE SCOTT STREET


SIGNIFICANCE: A picturesque and well-made stretch of retainingwall in a prominent location. The stone is very likely oflocal origin. Further research would indicate tpe age of thewall and its origin. It is the only substantial sandstoneblock retaining wall identified in the pyrmont Point vicinity.

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NAME: THE COLONIAL SUGAR REFINING COMPANY REFINERY AND WORKSLOCATION: GENERALLY""BOUND BY HARRIS, JOHN, BANK STREET AND THE

QUARRY CLIFF FACE

DESCRIPTION: In 1875, five acres on the north-westernextremity of the Pyrmont Peninsula were purchased and workcommenced on the construction of a large sugar ref inery andprocessing works. It took two years to build and when itopened in 1878 under the management of Mr. F. Poolman, it had astaff of 90 and an output of 400 tons of sugar per week. Ithas operated continuously since that time and now producesabout 6000 tonnes of sugar per week.

The works can be divided into four sections, each located in adifferent part of the site. The sugar refinery on theforeshore produces sugar, molasses and other sugar products.The distillery, south of Jones Street, produces industrialalcohol and rum. The Caneite Factory, adj acent to the GlebeIsland Bridge, produces caneite and particle board fromwoodchips . On the top of the hill is the road transportdivision; MCCafferey's, continuing to use semi-trailers whereonce this work was performed by teams of Clydesdale horseshoused in the stables.

JOHNSTON'S COVE PRECINCT

BOILER HOUSE

POWER HOUSE

TURBINE HALL

The boilers are two Babcock and Wilcox Super D chain gratestoker boilers made in the Harris Park works. All have beenslightly modified but all appear to be in operable condition.

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2 Babcock & Wilcox Boilers 3/53 Brown Boveri Turbo-Alternators 3/5

Relic

There are three Brown-Boveri 6250KVA turbo alternators whichproduce power for at 6600V which is transformed to 415V forfactory use. The turbo alternators as well as all switchinggear is operable at present.

This is one of the few private industrial power houses stilloperating in Sydney. Many were introduced into industrieswhich had a need for large quantities of steam in theirmanufacturing processes. They remained in operation to keepcompanies isolated form the industrial problems associated withthe State run Electricity Commission.

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Crystal House and Char Facility

The char facility still possesses cast iron char systems withtheir associated doors and lids. These are the last remnantsof the refining system introduced in 1901.

This set of bUildings now house McCafferey's Transportoperations. They were once the stables for horses usedthroughout the CSR site and for local deliveries. Althoughthey have been somewhat modified, the stables possess a vastamount of archaeological potential. The walls, 'floors, stalloutlines, drainage lines and loft with the cathedral beam areall still intact and should be recorded before any alterationtakes place.

The Free Wharf at the bottom of Harris street has been in thisposition for over a century. It has been extended at leastonce in its life and it is obvious that many of the timbers andpiles have been replaced over time.

The wharf is now in very poor condition due to the activity ofmarine borers and general degrade. However, it is one of theoldest wharves, if not the oldest on the peninsula, and shouldbe further researched.

Recommendation


Recommendation

Record before Altering

Recommendation

Conserve or Prepare aConservation Plan

4/5

HeritageAssessment

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Remains'of Char Systems 3/5

REFINERY

REFINERY PRECINCT


Remains of Stables andAssociated Relics 4/5

STABLE BUILDING

McCAFFEREY'S PRECINCT

Relic

Wharf


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COOPERAGE

The cooperage on the ground floor is now the pattern store forthe whole complex.' . Many of the patterns are' old and of greatsignificance and should be conserved as a collection until theycan be indiVidually assessed for conservation.

On the first floor thereassociated artifacts usedThese workplaces should beconserved.

is a series of work places andin barrel repair and production.carefully recorded and the relics

Recommendation


Recommendation


4/5

HeritageAssessment

HeritageAssessment

4/5

Relic

MOLASSES PRECINCT

Coopers' relics

Relic

Patterns

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The distillery has some 14 fermentation tanks for producingindustrial alcohol and four open wooden vats for production ofrum. Most of these are now unused.

In the bond store there are several spirit vats which range insize up to almost 90,000 litres. These are made from NZ Kauriand are reaching the end of their working life.

There are three active stills in the distillery, one of whichdates from 1901. All stills were purchased second hand and allhave been modified. There are also 2 copper pot stills whichare now unused.

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Recommendation

Consider for ConservationConsider for ConservationConsider for ConservationRelocate and Conserve

HeritageAssessment

Relic

steel fermentation tanks 3/5Wooden fermentation tanks 3/5Column stills 3/5Copper pot stills 4/5

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CHAR FACTORY

If possible the plant should be retained and made into aninterpretive centre. If this is not possible' it should beethnographically recorded before any interference takes placewith the fabric.

The char factory houses a system of significant relics whichare largely intact and would be easy to interpret. However,the char factory itself, which is a secondary manufacturingplant, is not as significant as the primary sugar producingplant.

The char factory dates from 1924 and was used to produceactivated carbon from bones. A great deal of the structure andthe associated manufacturing plant remains including the bonebins, charging truck rails, the coal truck rails, the gasplant, the char ovens and an assortment of relics.

Recommendation

Conserve as Ethnographically Record

HeritageAssessment

3-4/5

COMPRESSOR HOUSE ..

The Char Factory

Relic


The compressor room was established to make dry ice from thecarbon dioxide which was produced by the alcohol fermentationprocess. The dry ice, in the form of a snow, was then formedon a hydraulic press and marketed as blocks.

There are two 2 cylinder reciprocating steam engines byAshworth & Parker of Bury, England direct coupled to· threecylinder (originally 3 stage now 2 stage) compressors dated1937 by J. & E. Hall, Dartford, England

There is one 3 cylinder Ashworth & Parker reciprocatingcompound engine direct coupled to a 4 cylinder 2 stage compoundair compressor again by J. & E Hall, dated 1939.

The two MAIURI snow presses (or ice presses)· operate from astand alone hydraulic system which delivers oil at 2000 psi.They manufactured blocks of dry ice that were about 500 x 500 x250mm which were subsequently cut to smaller sizes.

The two Linde-Lightfoot electrically driven ammonia compressorsby J. Wildridge and Sinclair are much smaller and are reallyauxiliary compressors.

The only Australian ammonia compressor is by Wilac of Ivystreet, Darlington, Sydney.

None of the.equipment predates World War II.

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This factory contains the remnants of the old Masonite factoryon its upper floor. There are several relics from theproduction of masonite including the massive sphericaleucalyptus steamers, the defibrators, the tempered masoniteovens and remnant truck rails and traverser rails.

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Linde/Lightfoot compressor 3/5

Tempered Masonite Oven 2/5Truck and traverser rails 2/5

Recommendation



RecordRecord




Recommendation


4/5

4/5

4/5

HeritageAssessment


Eucalyptus chip steamer 3-4/5

Defibrator 3/5

CANEITE FACTORY

Wilac Ammonia Compressor

Ashworth & Parker 3cylinder engine/J E Hall unitcompressor

Ashworth & Parker 2cylinder engines/J E Hall unitcompressors

Relic


NAME: SYDNEY PROP CENTRE PIL (FORMERLY DIAS p/L)LOCATION: 80-84 JOHN STREET

NAME: SCHUTE BELL BADGERY & LUMBY WOOLSTORELOCATION: 94-136 HARRIS STREET

SIGNIFICANCE: A classic small-scale industrial building,architecturally plain but solid and functional.

DESCRIPTION: A s;i..ngle storey brick warehouse/industrialbuilding with corrugated-iron roof on steel frame with a timbersliding door to the loading dock. Currently housing a theatreprop supply business, this general purpose building hasprobably housed several small businesses.

Recommendation


HeritageAssessment

N/A

Relic

Two-storey brick WarehouseBUilding

Possible relics, notidentified

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SIGNIFICANCE: An example of a major woolstore containing manyfeatures of' woolstore construction typical of the period,especially the timber columns and floors, numerous loadingdocks and an elaborate office anq reception area.

DESCRIPTION: A large brick woolstore of 19 bays with an ornatefacade to Harris street erected in 1919 and extended in 1938.Hardwood timber columns support timber floors and ceilings.Loading docks feature prominently on all four ground floorfacades. The interior was extensively refurbished in the late1970s to house numerous offices and small businesses. Norelics were identified as remaining.

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None Identified

HeritageAssessment

Nil

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Recommendation

SIGNIFICANCE: Small scale business premises typical of area.

NAME: WATT & MURDOCH, ENGINEERS & B~ACKSMITHS

LOCATION: 81-89 PYRMONT STREET

DESCRIPTION: Two storey brick warehouse building I recentlyrefurbished as off ices. No relics inside. Rear wall showsevidence of former loading dock and rail for sliding door.

SIGNIFICANCE: A bUilding that once housed an extensiveengineering and metal working shop located at the rear of theUnion street terraces. An example of the type of industry oncecommon in the area.

Recommendation

Recommendation

Further researchrequir:ed

HeritageAssessment

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Nil

HeritageAssessment

N/A

Relic

Nil

NAME: SHK ARCHITECTS (NSW) P/LLOCATION: 157-159 HARRIS STREET

None Identified

Relic

DESCRIPTION: An extensive single storey brick bUilding with acorrugated-iron roof and timber loading doors to pyrmontStreet. Interior not surveyed but no relics identifi,ed.Currently used as a garage and store by the ElectricityCommission.

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NAME: FORMER BONNINGTONS PTY LTDLOCATION: 179-187 HARRIS STREET

SIGNIFICANCE: A post-war brick industrial building,undistinguished and with little evidence of its originalfunction.

DESCRIPTION: Large two-storey brick and concrete building onceused as a distillery, now refurbished as offices. Erected inthe early 1950s, it.s renovation appears total and no relicsremain.

SIGNIFICANCE: A small-scale industrial works once typical ofthe area. Further research would indicate past uses andoccupants. The hardwood block paving is a feature now veryrare in sydney whereas once it was common for areas frequentedby horses.

Recommendation

Recommendation

Record


3-4/5

3/5

Nil

HeritageAssessment

HeritageAssessment

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Relic

Nil

Relic

NAME: W.A. GILBEY LTDLOCATION: 26-32 .PYRMONT BRIDGE ROAD

Wood Block Paving in Path& Courtyard

Former Stables, now Cold storeat rear of Site

Archaeological Site ofStables activity

DESCRIPTION: A group of three brick bUildings, two two-storeyand one single-storey, originally housing a manufacturing worksunknown. The single storey bUilding appears to be a formerstables that is currently used as a cold store. The courtyardand pathway between bUildings is covered with wood blockpaving. The other bUildings have been renovated to houseseveral offices.


NAME: RAILWAY TUNNELLOCATION: ENTRANCES NEAR JOHN STREET AND SAUNDERS STREET

SIGNIFICANCE: A fine example of a two track railw.ay tunnel ofthe period, uncluttered by the presence of electric powercables.

DESCRIPTION: A brick and concrete lined double-track railwaytunnel for the Goods Line. This line is not electrified as itwas only ever used for goods traffic.



Brick and concrete linedDouble Track Tunnel for thegoods line, 4/5

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Recommendation

Conserve in situ

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NAME: FORMER CITY INCINERATORLOCATION: END OF SAUNDERS STREET

DESCRIPTION: A large reinforced concrete building erected in1935 as the Municipal Incinerator. Designed by WaIter BurleyGriff in, it is regarded as one of his finest works. Itoperated moderately successfully for some time but was littleused after the 1950s. It was constructed of reinforcedconcrete on a steel frame, with the exterior walls composed ofconcrete tiles and rendered panels having cast decorativegeometric shapes fixed by mortar and a steel subframe to theframe of the bUilding. Incinerator equipment was by theReverberatory Incinerator and Engineering Company. Problemswith the reinforcement led to serious deterioration of theconcrete and the bUilding has been in a ruinous state since the1960s. The chimney was demolished in 1976.

SIGNIFICANCE: This building is· an interesting relic ofmunicipal garbage disposal practices of the 1930s and containsmuch of the incinerator equipment as installed. Its majorsignificance is its relationship to the development of modernarchitecture as an example of W.B. Griffin's work and for beingan early modern cubist exercise integrated into an otherwiseindustrial situation.

DESCRIPTION: A series of contiguoup walls of sandstone blocks,roughly dressed, that provide the retaining walls andfoundations of the W.B. Griffin Incinerator on the level above.

SIGNIFICANCE: A well-made series of sandstone 'walls that havea historical association with the garbage incinerationactivities carried on in the building above.

Numerous features relatingto operation of incinerator 4/5


Recommendation

Conserve

Conserve

Reco!!lJ!!.endation

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4/5

HeritageAssessment

Relic

Series of sandstone blockwalls

NAME: REMAINS OF FIRST CITY 'INCINERATORLOCATION: END OF SAUNDERS STREET

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NAME: SYDNEY COUNTY COUNCIL SUBSTATION NO. 168LOCATION: END OF SAUNDERS STREET

NAME: CLIFF FACE, FORMER PYRMONT SANDSTONE QUARRYLOCATION: WESTERN END OF SAUNDERS STREET

DESCRIPTION: A two-storey brick electricity sub-station withgood architectural detailing located cl~se to the W.B. Griffinincinerator.

SIGNIFICANCE: Many substations have been built around Sydney,but few are identical. This station is a well-built andpleasantly detailed example that is probably associated withthe adjacent Incinerator.

Conserve in situ

Recommendation

Record

Recommendation

HeritageAssessment

4/5

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HeritageAssessment

2/5

Quarried Cliff-Face

Re1ic

Re1ic

DESCRIPTION: The eastern cliff face of the hill that formsPyrmont Point shows evidence of 'extensive quarrying with spikemarks and smooth cut faces in numerous locations. Quarriedareas extend from Mount Street to the pyrmont Incinerator atSaunders Street.

Weli-detailed brickElectricity Sub-Station

SIGNIFICANCE: First opened in 1853 by Charles Saunders,pyrmont Quarry was a large and productive quarry that operatedsteadily until the 1920s. At its peak it employed over 300 menand supplied cut stone for buildings such as the G. P. o. inGeorge Street, the Lands Department and Colonial Secretary'sOffice in Bridge Street, Sydney University and Pyrmont PostOffice. Samples of the stone won first prizes in buildingexhibitions in Melbourne, Amsterdam, India and Chicago.

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NAME: REMAINS OF RAILWAY PLATFORM AND SIDINGLOCATION: BANK STREET

NAME: ROAD BRIDGE OVER RAILWAY GOODS LINELOCATION: MILLER STREET

SIGNIFICANCE: A common type of road bridge which uses thelocal sandstone to good effect both functionally andaesthetically.

DESCRIPTION: A simple rivetted plant-girder steel bridgecarrying Miller Str~et over the Railway goods line. The piersare of brick and concrete and sandstone walls with small squareparapets at each end run on either side of the roadway. Thesandstone is not in good condition.

Recommendation

Conserve


Rivetted plate-girder steelbridge on brick and concretepiers with stone parapets 4/5

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SIGNIFICANCE: The remains of the railway platform are believedto be associated with the former occupant of the Fish Marketssite opposite - the British Imperial Oil Company, laterpurchased by the Shell Oil Company - and the platform was aloading and dispatch for oil products.

DESCRIPTION: A long platform alongside a disus~d siding of theIRailway Goods Line constructed of brick and concrete is in poorcondition and additionally damaged by the concrete piers of theroad flyover currently under construction. In the centre ofthe platform is a reinforced concrete shelter comprising tworooms and the mouth of an apprOXimately 2m x 2m square tunnelleading westward towards Blackwattle Bay. The ceiling andwalls of the tunnel· have numerous bolts and othe;r:- remains offixtures but no other equipment. The tunnel is bricked up atthe beginning of Bank Street. Two ruinous staircases lead tothe level of Bank Street from the plat.form.

HeritageAssessment

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Relic

The Platforms, Rooms, Offices,Stairs and remains ofextensive Rail Siding to theGoods Line. A.tunnel connectsunder the Roadway adjacent tothe Fish Markets Site

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3/5

Recommendation


NAME: FESTIVAL RECORDS PTY LTDLOCATION: 63-79 MI~LER STREET

SIGNIFICANCE: A handsome and substantial industrial buildingwith interesting architectural features. Further research mayidentify individual relics.

DESCRIPTION: A large three storey brick and concrete buildingerected in the 1930s. It, has interesting Art-Deco featureswith tiles and patterned glass. It was built by the currentoccupier and has been in use continuously since then. Interiornot inspected but some relics may exist.


Relic

Not identified

HeritageAssessment

N/A

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Recommendation


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NAME: RED CEDAR WORKSHOP PTY LTD, FORMER FORK-LIFT PTY LTDLOCATION: NO. 1 BANK STREET

SIGNIFICANCE: This group of bUildings has been used at varioustimes to house a Handsome Cab Company, a Fishing Trawler Depot,a boat repair business, a meat packing business and, morerecently, a fork-lift distributor and a timber sculpture andcrafts workshop. Its original purpose is unclear at this time.

SIGNIFICANCE: The only site along the shore ·of BlackwattleBay that contains any structures predating the current occupantand, apart from the recently arrived Fish Markets, the only onewith any continuous history of wharf and foreshore usage. TheShell depot appears to have been associated with the Railwaysiding across Bank Street.

DESCRIPTION Three brick bUildings and a covered jetty form agroup around a central courtya-rd. Two bUildings are of twostoreys with the one along Bank Street being of one storey.The jetty is a large timber-framed and corrugated iron cladshed on timber piles. There is no floor structure and thecladding is in poor condition.

Reconunendation


Reconunendation


N/A

HeritageAssessment

HeritageAssessment

3/5

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Relic

The central group ofbrick BUild~ngs datingfrom the Shell Oil Depot.

NAME: OLD SYDNEY FISH MARKETSLOCATION: BANK STREET

Relic

A group of three brickbUildings and a coveredcourtyard.

DESCRIPTION: The central group of buildings in the fishmarkets, comprising'the Market Selling-floors, the Cold Storeand the Fish Cleaning Section, are adjoining one and two storeybrick bUildings. They were taken over and converted when theFish Markets were established here in 1963. A British ImperialOil Company depot was established on the site in the 1920s,using a pair of wh~rves and an underground connection to theRailway Goods Line across Bank Street. This later became aShell Oil Company site.


NAME: REMAINS OF STONE SEAWALLLOCATION: ALONG THE SHORELINE OF BLACKWATTLE BAY

DESCRIPTION: A number of short sections of sandstone blockseawall remain on the shoreline of Blackwattle Bay. Eachsection varies in extent and in condition but in general theyare in fair condition.

SIGNIFICANCE: The remains of the sandstone seawalls areindicative of progressive use of the foreshore of BlackwattleBay where few other relics remain of the once numerous timberyards in this area.

SIGNIFICANCE: The Glebe Island Bridge is the only operationalswing span bridge in New South Wales. It is ·one of the fewsurviving swing span bridges in the world. It was designed byPercy AlIen, one of Australia's greatest bridge designers andis a partner to the slightly larger but now disused and damagedPyrmont Bridge.

Conserve

Recommendation

Recommendation

Conserve in Situ

HeritageAssessment

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4/5

4/5

HeritageAssessment

Relic

A centre-opening swingspan bridge, sandstoneapproaches .,

NAME: GLEBE ISLAND BRIDGELOCATION: BANK STREET AND VICTORIA ROAD

DESCRIPTION: Glebe Island Bridge is an opening bridge composedof two fixed steel-truss spans and a centrally pivotted swingopening span. It was opened on July 1, 1905. The fixed spansrest on stone abutments at one end and a pier at the other andare 24.7 metres long and have a truss depth of 2.7 metres. Thepiers rest on concrete caps 'laid on piles driven into theharbour floor, the piles being below mud level and protectedfrom both aerobic and marine organism attacks. The centralspan is an inverted-arch truss, 2.7 metres deep at the ends and4.3 metres at the centre. It is 58.3 metres Long, weighs 650tonnes and revolves on a steel roller track standing on thecylindrical central pier. The span is electrically driven by a600 volt DC motor fed through a 415 volt modifier ,operated froma control tower in the centre of the span.

Relic

stone Seawall

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"any deposit, object or material evidence relating to

the settlement of the area that comprises New South

South Wales, not being aboriginal settlement and

which is ·50 or more years old "

ARCHAEOLOGICAL FEATURES

Preamble

The New South .Wales Heritage Act 1977 affords automatic

statutory protection to "relics" which form part of

archaeological deposits. The Act defines a "relic" as:·

Sections 139 to 145 of the Act prevent the excavation or

disturbance of land for the purpose of discovering,

exposing or moving a relic, except by a qualif ied

archaeologist to whom an excavation permit has been issued

by ·the Heritage Council of New South Wales. As a

consequence of this legislation, it is necessary for

potential archaeological features to be investigated

during the early stages of planning for development of a

site.

Methodology and Survey

A preliminary survey and assessment of the study area was

undertaken. In the absence of comprehensive site-specific

research it is not possible to make predictive statements

about the likely existence, nature and heritage

significance of archaeological features. However, it has

been possible to identify areas where archaeological

features are likely to have survived,. if they were

present. Tqese areas are shown shaded on maps 1-11.

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having archaeological potential may,

significant archaeological features.

signif icant features can only be

more detailed ·research.

Areas identified as

or may not, contain

The likelihood. of

determined following

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.3 Recommendations

The following procedure should be followed as part of the

planning process for sites identified as being of

archaeological potential:

i) site specific historical research;

ii) determination of likelihood of archaeological

features;

iii) assessment of significance;,

iV) depending upon outcome of i) - iii) it may then be

necessary for physical examination'(eg archaeological

excavation) to occur;

v) in some cases it may be appropriate to consider in

situ conservation of features which have high

heritage value.

It is essential that adequate time for historical research

and subsequent excavation (if necessary) be provided

during the planning stage for each site.

It is also highly desirable that contact be made with the

Heritage Branch of the Department of Planning, so that the

appropriate level of investigation for a particular site

or area can be agreed upon at an early stage, and areas

unaffected by archaeological considerations can be

identified.

In the following maps the areas of possible archaeological

significance are shown hatched. In view of the extremely

limited research undertaken,' these areas should not be

assumed to be either comprehensive or exclusive.

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TYPES OF KERBING

Preamble

A kerb is a low wall that serves as a boundary between a

roadway and a footpath, combining the function of

preventing vehicular encroachment on pedestrian areas with

the creation of an open drain to carry stormwater run off

from the carriageway, footway and adjacent lands.

Original kerbing, where found, indicates the historical

context of the street alignment and is a significant

streetscape element. The streets of pyrmont are believed

to have been kerbed and guttered from -the mid-late

nineteenth century, although no precise date has beenfound.

Methodology and Survey

A survey of the streets around Pyrmont was undertaken and

the type and location of the kerbing material was

recorded. Three types of material were identif ied,

sandstone, trachyte and concrete. The sandstone, trachyte

and most of the concrete kerbing is laid in blocks

approximate;Ly 24" x 6" x -6" (62cm x 16cm x 16cm) The most

recently laid kerbs are of continuous cast-in-place

concrete.

Sandstone appears to have been the first or earliest

material - it remains only on the original-alignments of

streets that have a longest history of stable occupancy,

i.e. where no new bUilding has occurred which might affect

the roadway material or alignment. The condition of the

sandstone as observed varies from mostly fair to very poor

in some areas.

Trachyte is the commonest material found for kerbing in

Pyrmont. It is a volcanic sub-acid igneous rock that was

used extensively for its strength and durability and was

popula~ from the turn of the century. Its condition is

mostly good where it hasn't been disturbed.

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Concrete has been used in kerbing since the 1930s.

Examples in Pyrmont vary from the earliest to the most

recent [ with varying colours and compositions.

The following maps 1-11 indicate which streets are kerbed

with sandstone and trachyte. street alignments, where not

marked, are kerbed with concrete: Markings as given are

meant to- be indicative only.

.3 Recommendations

In any development work carried out in Pyrmont, original

kerbing should be conserved in its original location as

much as possible.

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LOCATION OF ',KERBING TYPES

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Documents

1 PYRMONT INDUSTRIAL ARCHAEOWGYnswaol.library.usyd.edu.au/data/pdfs/13092_ID_Godden... · 2012. 8. 17. · Pyrmont grew quickly throughout the 1850s and 1860s, supporting two schools