Yarloop Workshops

Yarloop Workshops
Inside the main workshop, major features of the image are a self-propelled steam tractor, a steam locomotive, and wheel lathe
Yarloop Workshops is located in Western Australia
Yarloop Workshops
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LocationYarloop, Western Australia, Western Australia
Coordinates32°58′S 115°54′E / 32.96°S 115.9°E / -32.96; 115.9
Defunct
Designated12 May 2000
Reference no.1203

The Yarloop Workshops was a railway and timber mill machinery workshop, situated in the town of Yarloop, Western Australia.

The workshops operated from 1901 to 1978. Originally built by Charles and Edwin Millar[1] on the site of the first timber mill in the area, the operations expanded to become the support facility for Millars Karri and Jarrah Forests Limited's 26 timber mills and the rail network that connected them. The workshops hand-crafted most of the parts necessary to maintain the equipment rather than experience delays in obtaining parts from the United Kingdom. After suffering extensive damage from Cyclone Alby in 1978, Millars moved their operation to a site just outside the town on the South Western Highway. The site then changed ownership several times until it was bought by Bunnings in 1983.[2]

  1. ^ "Yarloop". Harvey History Online. 14 April 1990. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  2. ^ "History". Yarloop Workshops. Yarloop Workshops Inc. Retrieved 7 December 2008.