Eveleigh Railway Workshops

Eveleigh Railway Workshops
The former Eveleigh Railway Workshops,
now Australian Technology Park
Eveleigh Railway Workshops is located in Sydney
Eveleigh Railway Workshops
Location in Greater Sydney
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Built1882 (1882) – 1897 (1897)
Operated1882 (1882) – 1988 (1988)
LocationSydney, New South Wales, Australia
Coordinates33°53′40″S 151°11′44″E / 33.8945274473°S 151.1956660200°E / -33.8945274473; 151.1956660200
IndustryRailway
Architect
  • John Whitton (architect)
  • George Cowdery (designer)
  • George Fishburn (builder)
Arealocated within the 51-hectare (130-acre) Eveleigh Complex
DefunctClosed in 1988 (1988) and repurposed ss public housing, Australian Technology Park and other uses
Eveleigh Railway Workshops
Locomotive Workshops Boiler House
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Official nameEveleigh Railway Workshops; Eveleigh Railway Yards; Eveleigh Precinct; Australian Technology Park; Carriageworks; North Eveleigh; Macdonaldtown Gasworks; Macdonaldtown Triangle
TypeState heritage (complex / group)
Criteriaa., c., d., e., f.
Designated2 April 1999
Reference no.1140
TypeRailway Workshop
CategoryTransport - Rail
BuildersGeorge Fishburn
Designated26 April 1988

The Eveleigh Railway Workshops is a heritage-listed former New South Wales Government Railways yards and railway workshops and now venue hire, public housing and technology park located at Great Southern and Western railway, Redfern, City of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by George Cowdery and built from 1882 to 1897 by George Fishburn. It is also known as Eveleigh Railway Yards, South Eveleigh Precinct; North Eveleigh; Macdonaldtown Gasworks; Macdonaldtown Triangle and also by the name of its current occupants, Carriageworks. The property is owned by the Transport Asset Holding Entity, an agency of the Government of New South Wales. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.[1] The workshops are considered to have world heritage significance by curators of the Smithsonian Institution.[2]

  1. ^ "Eveleigh Railway Workshops". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H01140. Retrieved 13 October 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC BY 4.0 licence.
  2. ^ Butcher (2004). The Great Eveleigh Railway Workshops. Ligarde. ISBN 0-646-43400-4.