Rafters Size:L the main lube pumps

the main lube pumps

built to carry the weight of industrial milling machinery across multiple floors

its faded signage and shuttered entrance intact above a footpath that sees little traffic now

A heavy industrial exhaust fan

The assembly hall at Macquarie Boys Technology High School

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.