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North Shore Gas Works, Neutral Bay (Today, the site of Sub Base Platypus)

Unknownc. 1902

Sydney Harbour Federation Trust

Sydney Harbour Federation Trust
Sydney, Australia

Formerly a gasworks, torpedo factory and submarine base, Sub Base Platypus is an emerging public domain on the foreshore of North Sydney, homeland of the Cammeraygal People. The Harbour Trust envisions Sub Base Platypus as community hub where historic spaces are revealed, reimagined and activated by a range of cultural, recreational and commercial uses.

Note underneath photograph: The North Shore Gas Works at Neutral Bay in 1902. Behind the collier discharging at the wharf are 2 Retort Houses separated by a Coal Store. Built in 1886, of cast iron columns with galvanised iron cladding, the larger Retort House remains on the site today, in a modified form, as the victualling store for HMAS Platypus.

Image provided courtesy of Stanton Library and AGL

Image Call Number: PF1233/1

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  • Title: North Shore Gas Works, Neutral Bay (Today, the site of Sub Base Platypus)
  • Creator: Unknown
  • Date Created: c. 1902
  • Location Created: Sub Base Platypus, North Sydney, Sydney Harbour, NSW
  • Physical Dimensions: 172mm x 254 mm
  • Type: Photograph
  • Rights: A.G.L.
  • Medium: B&W Copy print
Sydney Harbour Federation Trust

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