Electricity in the City

Glass Negative - Pyrmont Powerhouse, Pyrmont, 1919

Glass Negative - Sydney Municipal Council Electric Lighting Showroom, Sydney, 1919

Glass Negative - Band stand in Hyde Park American fleet decorations, 1908

Glass Negative - American fleet decorations in Hyde Park Sydney, 1908

Glass Negative - Railway Square Haymarket, circa 1904

Electric hoist, no date

Portrait of HR Forbes Mackay, General Manager, Electric Lighting Department, 1916

Print - Construction of Workshops and Stores for Municipal Council substation, Sydney, 1918

Print - Pyrmont Power Station Extension Number 3, Pyrmont, 1913

Print - Kent Street Electricity Sub Station Sydney, 1911

Print - Metropolitan Hotel in King Street Sydney, circa 1913

Print - Band stand in Hyde Park American fleet decorations, 1908

Print - Sydney Town Hall with American fleet decorations, George Street Sydney, 1908

Print - North Queensland Hotel in George Street Sydney, circa 1907

Electric trams in George Street and Martin Place Sydney, 1900

Chloride Electric Car, 1976

Newtown Town Hall, Bedford Street Newtown, 1912

Electric trams in George Street Sydney, 1920

Electric car owned by Council, 1919

Electric motor car owned by Council, 1911

Engine room, Pyrmont Power House, 1906

Bunnerong Power Station, Bunnerong Road Matraville, 1925

Connecting the Town Hall organ to electric power, Sydney Town Hall, Druitt Street, 1933

Letter - Suggestions for the lighting of parks by electricity, Sydney, 1888

Letter - Advice about electric tram stop at Queen Victoria Markets, 1899

Memorandum - Report of the sub-committee on lighting the Sydney Town Hall by electricity, 1894

Letter - Suggestions on electric lighting bill from President of Electric Club of NSW, 1895

Memorandum - Observations by City Solicitor regarding amendments to Electric Lighting Bill, 1895

Letter: Allgemeine Elektricitats-Gesellschaft, Berlin promoting their electric lighting system, 1893

Letter - Proposed site for an electric plant for lighting the City, Sydney, 1891

Memorandum - Report by City Solicitor on Council's power regarding electric lighting, 1891

Letter - Altering of specifications for Centennial Hall lighting, Sydney Town Hall, 1889

Memorandum - Minute regarding electric light from Mayor, Sydney, 1899

Letter - Report about the lighting of the City of Sydney by electricity, 1897

Letter - Concern about the electric lighting bill for City of Sydney, 1888

Letter - Forwarding of a bill to facilitate and regulate the supply of electricity to the City of Sydney, 1888

Letter - Thomas Edison - Advice on lighting Sydney with electric lights, 1882

Letter - Invitation to witness a 'monster explosion' by electricity of 80,000 tons of stone, Sydney, 1878

Letter - Offer to supply lighting for the new Sydney Town Hall, 1875

File - Erection of electric sky signs in the City, 1913

File - Purchase of motorcycles for use by the Electric Light Department, Sydney, 1919

File - Extension of contract to supply bulk electricity to Parramatta Electric Supply Company, Sydney, 1919

Plan - Sydney Electric Lighting, details of central bay of office block, Pyrmont, 1903

Plan - Sydney Electric Lighting, extension of generating station, Pyrmont, 1905

Plan - Sydney Electric Lighting, extension of generating station, Pyrmont, 1905

Plan - Sydney Electric Lighting, extension of generating station, Pyrmont, 1905

Plan - Sydney Electric Lighting, boiler at generating station and office, Pyrmont, no date

Plan - Sydney Electric Lighting - Generating station and offices, Pyrmont, 1903

Plan - Additional accommodation for Electricity Department building, Kent Street Sydney, 1925

Plan - Sydney Electric Lighting, extension of generating station, northern elevation, Pyrmont, 1906

Plan - Front staircase light - Conversion from gas to electric, Sydney Town Hall, 1905

Plan - Electricity Department Depot, Missenden and Grose Streets Camperdown, 1922

Proceedings - Special meeting to commemorate 50th anniversary of electricity

Fifty years of electricity supply: the story of Sydney's electricity undertaking/ by Gordon F. And

Sydney, 1842-1992/ Shirley Fitzgerald

Electrifying Sydney: 100 years of Energy Australia/ George Wilkenfeld and Peter Spearritt

The Sydney electricity supply system & switchgear: the first 50 years/ James Pennington

Minutes of the Electric Lighting Committee

Minutes of Special Committees [Municipal Council of Sydney / City of Sydney]