Rafters Size:L the main lube pumps

the main lube pumps

its spire still visible above the roofline of the surrounding false-front buildings

The closures floor was a dedicated manufacturing line separate from the bottle production areas

faded decor peeling from walls that once served the Rozelle community

Rafters Size:L the main lube pumpsWeathered timber rafters span the interior of West Ryde Pumping Station, light pressing through gaps in the aged roof to fall across the worn floor below. The engine house sits at the core of Station No. 2, completed in 1921 as the largest steam powered water pumping station in Australia at the time. Part of the West Ryde Pumping Station series.