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The Eveleigh Railway Workshops was the main railway workshop for the New South Wales Government Railways and considered to have world heritage significance by curators of the Smithsonian Institution. ==History== The workshops were conceived by Engineer-in-Charge John Whitton to build and maintain the infrastructure for the railway system,〔(Eveleigh Railway Workshops ) Department of Environment & Heritage〕 eventually becoming the largest railway workshops in the southern hemisphere and operated for over 100 years. *1875 64.5 acre site at Eveleigh selected *1878 site resumed, Eveleigh station had been opened *1880 £100,000 compensation price settled *1880's Engine Running Shed, locomotive workshop, carriage shed, CME Office completed *1899 Large Erecting Shop added to the site *1901 Ultimo Power Station electric power to the workshops *1901 By this year the new foundry and laundry had been constructed *1902 Cranes converted to electric drives, new copper and tinsmiths shop erected *1906 Eveleigh station renamed Redfern *1907 The New Locomotive Shop designed and constructed, new compressor house constructed *1914 Electrification of machinery completed, new Locomotive Shop extended to the south *1917 General Strike began with the 3.000 workers and spread across Australia *1920's Several new buildings completed, leading to a rearrangement of the workshops *1925 North bay of Running Shed demolished *1965 Southern and middle bay of Running Shed demolished to make way for ACDEP carriage depot *1970's Workshops rearranged internally to update the works and the Spring Shop was removed *1986 Large Erecting Shop leased to 3801 Limited to house 3801 and rollingstock *2006 3801 leaves the Large Erecting Shop for the last time, returning her to the NSW Rail Transport Museum *2008 Eveleigh Carriage Workshops building adapted for use as an performance space and art gallery and renamed Carriageworks *2009 Redeveloped as Australian Technology Park and Seven Network Sydney headquarters.〔(Technology Park Profile ) Australian Technology Park〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Eveleigh Railway Workshops」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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