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View from Pier Street towards Ultimo Power Station 24 June 1937

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Ultimo power station

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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. After the trams stopped in 1961, the building became redundant. In 1988 it was modified to house the Technological Museum and reopened as the Powerhouse Museum.

Ultimo

Western inner-city suburb named for surgeon John Harris's estate, densely populated by the end of the nineteenth century. In the twentieth century it became heavily industrialised, as well as a centre for technical education, and is now largely gentrified.

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Australian Mercantile Land & Finance Co woolstore

Woolstore building in Ultimo on the block bounded by Pyrmont, Quarry, Harris and William Henry Streets, that was destroyed by fire on 6 July 1992.

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