Walsh Island Dockyard and Engineering Works

Walsh Island Dockyard and Engineering Works
IndustryShip building
Founded1913
FounderGovernment of New South Wales
Defunct1933
FateClosed
Headquarters
Newcastle, New South Wales
,
Australia
OwnerGovernment of New South Wales

The Walsh Island Dockyard and Engineering Works was a dockyard and engineering workshop established by the Government of New South Wales in 1913, at Walsh Island, Newcastle, Australia.[1] The foundation stone was laid on 15 June 1913 by Arthur Griffith, the Minister for Works.[1] The dockyard was constructed as a replacement for Sydney's Cockatoo Island Dockyard, that was taken over by the Federal Government in 1913.

Forty-seven vessels were constructed at the dockyard, including a 15,000-ton floating dock.[2] The engineering works fabricated bolts, castings and steel fabrication work. It assembled electric carriages for the New South Wales Government Railways as well as trams. The dockyard was eventually abandoned in 1933 after the great depression and was dismantled and relocated to the new State Dockyard at Dyke End, Carrington.[3]

  1. ^ a b "New State Works. Bright Outlook for the Future". Sydney Morning Herald. 16 June 1913. p. 10. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
  2. ^ Wash Island Fleet List Newcastle Industrial Heritage Association
  3. ^ History: The old Red Rattlers live on Newcastle Herald 12 September 2014