31C5(A) The (New) Ipswich Railway Workshops; Early Years

1890s

IPSWICH RAILWAY WORKSHOPS FROM ABOVE (1895) At top is 1865 Line from Wide Gully Bridge to the 1st Mihi Bridge. Demonstrates how later workshops development completely obliterated most of this section. QGIS Vectors based on 1863 Working Plan & 1895 WP Ipswich Workshops. (Alister J Cameron) Underlay: 1948 Working Plan Ipswich Workshops.
IPSWICH RAILWAY WORKSHOPS FROM ABOVE (1895) QGIS Vectors based on 1863 & 1895 Working Plans (Alister J Cameron) Underlay: Qld Globe (Ausmap)

Early 1900s

External Views

IPSWICH RAILWAY WORKSHOPS VIEWED FROM SOUTH-WEST c1910 Coloured photograph Looking across the Bremer River from Woodend. Note the continuous yellow bar which represents the corrugated iron fence which by this stage had been constructed around the entire site. Vintage Queensland
IPSWICH RAILWAY WORKSHOPS SOUTH YARD LOOKING NORTH 1908 "Ipswich And Bundamba"; by Queensland Government Intelligence and Tourist Bureau; Published 1908; State Library of Qld
IPSWICH RAILWAY WORKSHOPS SOUTH YARD VIEWED FROM SOUTH-WEST c1911 Note the chimney of the newly constructed Power House smoking in the background. Source unknown
IPSWICH RAILWAY WORKSHOPS VIEWED FROM THE SOUTH-EAST EARLY 1900s Note Power House on far right. Ron Williams? Lost Ipswich
IPSWICH RAILWAY WORKSHOPS VIEWED FROM THE EAST c1911 Note the Traverser rails which extend east-west between the southern and northern buildings. The Traverser allowed rolling stock to be transferred from one building rail access to another. Whitehad Collection, Picture Ipswich Reference ID WHD-003-GPL-0082
NEWLY-CONSTRUCTED WORKSHOPS POWER HOUSE 1910 Shelter on far right is location of siding supplying coal. On top of left-hand tower is the whistle regulating work throughout the workshops. Picture Ipswich Reference ID WHD-002-GPL-0042
PLAN OF IPSWICH RAILWAY WORKSHOPS c1921 redrawn by Keith McDonald. "Behind the Tin Fence" 30 June 2011
THE WINDOW AND ITS BUILDING STILL IN EXISTENCE IN 2011 This building was originally constructed in 1884 as the Carriage Erection Shop. It later became a timber store, paint shop, Trimmers and Electroplaters Shop and Tarpaulin Store. It is one of the oldest buildings on the site. North Ipswich Railyards Vision Plan 2011
PANORAMA OF IPSWICH RAILWAY WORKSHOPS EARLY 1900s Picture probably taken from the water tower. Note that Power House takes pride of place. Coal siding for the Power House can clearly be seen at the bottom. State Library of Qld; Record number: 88916
THE IPSWICH RAILWAY WORKSHOPS VIEWED FROM THE NORTH AROUND 1905. Source: Queensland Museum
Memoirs of the Queensland Museum - Culture Volume 5 Part 1 Qld Museum 2011 p41
IPSWICH RAILWAY WORKSHOPS NORTH YARD VIEWED FROM THE NORTH-WEST EARLY 1900s Source Unknown
IPSWICH RAILWAY WORKSHOPS NORTH YARD VIEWED FROM THE NORTH-WEST c1913 Coloured photograph State Library of Qld; Image number: 4831-0005-0137
IPSWICH RAILWAY WORKSHOPS NORTH YARD VIEWED FROM THE NORTH-WEST c1920 Memoirs of the Queensland Museum-Culture Volume 5 Part 1 Qld Museum 2011

Internal Views

BOILER SHOP 1910 Whitehead Studios, Picture Ipswich Reference ID WHD-002-gpl-0059p.jpg
MACHINE SHOP 1910 Whitehead Collection, Picture Ipswich Reference ID WHD-003-gpl-0099p.jpg
MACHINE SHOP 1910 Whitehead Collection, Picture Ipswich Reference ID WHD-003-gpl-0098p.jpg
MACHINE & ERECTING SHOP Memoirs of the Queensland Museum - Culture Volume 5 Part 1 Qld Museum 2011
ERECTING SHOP c1910 Whitehead Collection, Picture Ipswich Reference ID WHD-002-gpl-0069
CARRIAGE SHOP 1910 Whitehead Collection, Picture Ipswich Reference ID WHD-002-gpl-0062p.jpg
FOUNDRY 1910 Whitehead Collection, Picture Ipswich Reference ID WHD-003-gpl-0093p.jpg
WHEEL SHOP 1910 Whitehead Collection, Picture Ipswich Reference ID WHD-002-gpl-0073p.jpg
WHEEL SHOP 1910 Whitehead Collection, Picture Ipswich Reference ID WHD-003-gpl-0101p.jpg
TRIMMERS' SHOP c1911 Whitehead Collection, Picture Ipswich Reference ID WHD-003-gpl-0090p.jpg