Wallsend Railway Goods Shed

Wallsend Railway Goods Shed is a heritage-listed former goods shed at 76 Cowper Street, Wallsend, City of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. It is also known as Wallsend Locomotive Shed. The property is owned by Newcastle City Council. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.[1]

Wallsend Railway Goods Shed
Wallsend railway goods shed, 2018
Location	76 Cowper Street, Wallsend, City of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Coordinates	32.9033°S 151.6690°E / -32.9033; 151.6690
Owner	Newcastle City Council
New South Wales Heritage Register
Official name: Railway Goods Shed; Wallsend Locomotive Shed
Type	state heritage (built)
Designated	2 April 1999
Reference no.	739
Type	historic site
Location of Wallsend Railway Goods Shed in New South Wales

History

The goods shed was built in 1877 on the Wallsend railway line, replacing an earlier timber building built nearby c. 1868.[2] The plans indicated a shed 80 feet long by 20 feed wide with two double doors at the back for the purpose of unloading goods. A new Wallsend railway station was built at the same time, replacing an earlier station.[3]

In later years it served a number of purposes, including as a car sales yard and as the Wallsend Enterprise Centre.[2][4] It was threatened with demolition for roadworks in 1989, but was preserved due to an Interim Heritage Order in December 1989.[2]

In 2018, the former goods shed serves as the office of the Totally & Permanently Incapacitated Veterans' Association of New South Wales.[5]

Heritage listing

Street view, 2011

The Wallsend Railway Goods Shed is the only remaining structure of the Newcastle Wallsend Coalmining Railway (closed in 1939) and one of the few remaining railway goods brick sheds in New South Wales.[1]

Wallsend Railway Goods Shed was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.[1]

See also

References

1. "Railway Goods Shed". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Office of Environment and Heritage. H00739. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
2. "Wallsend". nswrail.net. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
3. "WALLSEND". Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate. IV (661). New South Wales, Australia. 4 November 1876. p. 4. Retrieved 7 July 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
4. "[Railway Workshop] from Metcalfe Street Corner, Wallsend, NSW, Australia". Living Histories @ UON. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
5. "TPI Association". Wallsend Town. Retrieved 7 July 2018.

Attribution

This Wikipedia article was originally based on Railway Goods Shed, entry number 00739 in the New South Wales State Heritage Register published by the State of New South Wales and Office of Environment and Heritage 2018 under CC-BY 4.0 licence, accessed on 2 June 2018.

External links

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