| access-date=26 October 2020 The reasons given for nomination were: ‘The Ultimo Powerhouse is clearly of…   | year=1920 You may save or print this image for research and study. Low This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale. The Ultimo Power House was built in 1898-99 on the railway line by which it was supplied with coal, as was the Pyrmont Power Station some ten years later. 1935, 2 [picture] / E.W. The water cooling system and manifold was an integral component of the operating system of the Power Station. Ultimo Power Station is within the scope of WikiProject Australia, which aims to improve Wikipedia's coverage of Australia and Australia-related topics.If you would like to participate, visit the project page. After the trams stopped in 1961, the building became redundant. The Ultimo Power House on the corner of Harris and William Henry Streets was built in 1898 'in the Italian Renaissance style of architecture' to supply Sydney's new electric tram system, and opened in 1899, producing choking clouds of coal dust over Ultimo.   | author1=Searle, E. W. However, the curtilage map for the buildings shows only the original Powerhouse buildings and not the significant 1988 developments. → Click here to email us now. | series=E.W. And the Heritage Council ignored the 2016 nomination until 2019, when it commissioned architects Cracknell & Lonergan to provide, in 2020, ‘an independent assessment of the proposed State Listing of the structures at the Ultimo Powerhouse site’ (which also only included the original Powerhouse buildings). The former Ultimo Power Station, (now the Powerhouse Museum) dating from 1899, is historically significant for being the original generating station for the supply of electricity to power the electric tramway network throughout Sydney. In the twentieth century it became heavily industrialised, as well as a centre for technical education, and is now largely gentrified. Western inner-city suburb named for surgeon John Harris's estate, densely populated by the end of the nineteenth century. Searle, E. W. (1920).   | publisher= Select the images you want to download, or the whole document. You can order a copy of this work from Copies Direct. As well as detailed descriptions of building and museum history, and responses to assessment criteria, the statement of significance was included: 26 October 2020 , Searle, E. W. 1920, City skyline with the chimney stacks of Ultimo Power Station, Sydney, ca. The reasons given for nomination were: Ultimo power station full record » The Ultimo Power House on the corner of Harris and William Henry Streets was built in 1898 'in the Italian Renaissance style of architecture' to supply Sydney's new electric tram system, and opened in 1899, producing choking clouds of coal dust over Ultimo. 1935, 2 : , 1920. State Heritage Register Nomination for Ultimo Power Station; Powerhouse Museum, 2016 In September 2016, the National Trust of Australia (NSW), submitted a nomination that the buildings of the 'Ultimo Power House (Ultimo Power Station; Powerhouse Museum)' be listed on the State Heritage Register. This is a photograph of Ultimo Power Station (at the Powerhouse Museum construction stage). It is an ongoing repository for the exhibition of the finest examples of the skill and industry of the country and has an educational and research role in these areas as part of its operation’. The nomination also acknowledged that ‘Furthermore, the adaptive work undertaken for the station’s conversion to the Powerhouse Museum is significant both for its successful re-use of the buildings and successful integration of old and new buildings; the new building was awarded the Sulman Medal by the RAIA in 1988’; and that ‘The Ultimo Power House was adapted to house the Museum of Applied Arts and Technology (later, the Powerhouse Museum), the principal museum of technology, manufacturing, science and craft in NSW and retains the historical, aesthetic and cultural associations of this Museum dating back to the International Exhibition in the late nineteenth century. We ask the government to develop a coherent museum plan for NSW for the 21st century, underpinned by principles of equity and access to collections, and addressing glaring omissions in the profile of museums in NSW. By the mid 1980s, the station was completely closed. The PMA strongly supports the development of a new museum in Parramatta. Photo courtesy of the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, via Flickr.Quote from the Powerhouse: “The Museum opened in its current location, built in and around the shell of the old Ultimo power station, on 10 March 1988. Web. You may order a copy or use the online copy for research or study; for other uses Contact us. … The station also played a major part in the development of the Ultimo/Pyrmont area.’ There are a number of other organisations and individuals working on this issue, these include: Powerhouse to Parramatta: a news chronology: 2020 – now, Powerhouse to Parramatta: a news chronology 2014-2019, The Consultants’ Picnic: consultant fees and related costs of the PHM to Parramatta Project – Kylie Winkworth, Museums and Galleries Inquiry: extracts of Hansard transcripts, August 2019, Statement from the PMA on Labor’s Arts and Cultural Policy, 21 January 2019, Vote to table business case: 12 April 2018, The Voter’s Choice: saving the PHM and building a new western Sydney cultural institution – Kylie Winkworth, Powerhouse and Parramatta: Summary of the Powerhouse Museum Alliance’s position, Sydney’s World First Museum Demolition Plan: Kylie Winkworth, Community consultation meetings: July 2017, Upper House Inquiry, Museums and Galleries: submissions, schedules and transcripts, First Upper House Inquiry: submissions, transcripts, report, 2020: Second Upper House Inquiry: submissions, transcripts, report, ‘Floodplain Manager’ Editorial, Powerhouse Parramatta – Steven Molino, Size does Matter: Shrinking the Powerhouse Museum to Parramatta – Kylie Winkworth, PMA statement: Ticking the Consultation Box for the PHM’s `move’ to Parramatta, It’s Time to Re-Think the Move of the Powerhouse Museum – Kylie Winkworth, Policy, power and the cultural and heritage values of the Powerhouse Museum – Jennifer Sanders, ‘Moving’ the Museum: a disaster that must not happen – Tom Lockley, The Powerhouse and Notre Dame: a tale of destructions – Jennifer Sanders, Taking out the Trash while NSW Burns – Kylie Winkworth, The Powerhouse Museum: History and Heritage, State heritage register nomination for Ultimo Powerhouse – National Trust, Assessment of Heritage Significance: Ultimo Tramways, Powerhouse Museum, 2020, Save the Powerhouse: Ultimo-based state-wide community campaign.