Eveleigh, truck (Theme Day: Sweets)

The Organic Produce section of Romeo's Food Hall, an IGA supermarket in the former Locomotive Workshop Bays 3-4, along Locomotive Street in the inner city suburb of Eveleigh. This three wheel truck from Italy has been restored and is this week being used to display bananas and dates, while the half wine barrel has kale and oranges in it.

Linked to: Signs, Signs, Wordy Wednesday, Words Welcome, Little Things Thursday, Thankful Thursday, Theme Day.

Eveleigh, Locomotive Workshop

The Locomotive Workshops are located along Locomotive Street, in the inner city suburb of Eveleigh. They were opened in 1887 for the maintenance and manufacture of steam locomotives. Bays 3, 4 and 4A were the Boilermaker's Shop, with Bay 3 featuring the Heat Treatment Room. These workshops closed in 1988 and these bays have now been redeveloped to house a supermarket, restaurant, a function centre and office space. A collection of old locomotive parts made in the workshop have been put on display along this walkway.
Linked to: Wordy Wednesday, Words Welcome, Little Things Thursday, Thankful Thursday.

Eveleigh, Locomotive Workshop, substation

 
The heritage listed Locomotive Workshop is part of the former Eveleigh Railway Yards, located along Locomotive Avenue in the inner city suburb of Eveleigh. It was built in 1877, consisting of 16 bays originally used for one or more trades required to repair or manufacture locomotives and their components. It is now being redeveloped into commercial and retail space. The substation in front of Bays 5 and 6 has been covered in artwork which lights up at night featuring an employment record of a former railway employee.
Linked to: Wordless Wednesday, My Corner of the World, Communal Global.

Eveleigh, fire station

 
This former fire station is located along Wilson Street, in the inner city suburb of Eveleigh.
Linked to: Skywatch Friday.

Eveleigh, The Foundry Tunnel

The Foundry Tunnel is located in the inner city suburb of Eveleigh. The travelator links the underground car park in The Foundry Building to the former Locomotive Workshops Building. The commercial office building with ground level retail takes its name from the foundry that was located at the former Eveleigh Railway Workshops on this site. The images on LED screens in the tunnel celebrate more than 100 years of innovation and manufacturing history of Eveleigh.
Linked to: Monday Mural, Aww Mondays.

Eveleigh, Cultural Landscape Garden

This public barbecue area is located in the Cultural Landscape Garden along Locomotive Street, in the inner city suburb of Eveleigh. It is near the former Engine Shop, Locomotive Workshops and behind a signage piece which features three large sculptural drums inspired by train driving wheels, consisting of weathered corten steel used as planters.
Linked to: Shadow Shot Sunday, My Sunday Snapshot, Sunday Best, Garden Affair, Floral Friday Foto.

Eveleigh, Engine Shop

The entrance to the former Locomotive Workshops, part of the former Eveleigh Railway Yards along Locomotive Street, in the inner city suburb of Eveleigh. The signage piece features three large sculptural drums inspired by train driving wheels, consisting of weathered corten steel with a black welded wire mesh used as planters.The heritage listed Engine Shop was built in 1907 as a workshop to construct new locomotive engines. It now houses the National Innovation Centre, an entrepreneurial hub which provides laboratory space where start-up company dreams can become reality.

Linked to: Signs, Signs, Little Things Thursday, Thankful Thursday.

Eveleigh, Locomotive Workshop, shop

The heritage listed Locomotive Workshop is part of the former Eveleigh Railway Yards, located along Locomotive Avenue in the inner city suburb of Eveleigh. It was built in 1877, consisting of 16 bays originally used for one or more trades required to repair or manufacture locomotives and their components. It is now being redeveloped into commercial and retail space. The space in front of Bays 1 is now an Anita Gelato shop. A view of the building before the redevelopment can be seen here.
Linked to: Wordless Wednesday, My Corner of the World, Communal Global, All Seasons.

Eveleigh, Locomotive Workshop, substation

The heritage listed Locomotive Workshop is part of the former Eveleigh Railway Yards, located along Locomotive Avenue in the inner city suburb of Eveleigh. It was built in 1877, consisting of 16 bays originally used for one or more trades required to repair or manufacture locomotives and their components. It is now being redeveloped into commercial and retail space. The substation in front of Bays 5 and 6 has been covered in artwork which lights up at night.

Linked to: Senior Salon Pit Stop, Tuesday Treasures, Happy Tuesday, Travel Tuesday, Floral Friday Foto, Garden Affair.

Eveleigh, Locomotive Street, sign

 
The entrance to the former Locomotive Workshops along Locomotive Street, in the inner city suburb of Eveleigh. The signage piece features three large sculptural drums inspired by train driving wheels, consisting of weathered corten steel with a black welded wire mesh used as planters.
 Linked to: Signs, Signs, Little Things Thursday, Thankful Thursday.

Eveleigh, workshop

Eveleigh Works is an industrial blacksmithing workshop located in Bay 3 of the former Locomotive Workshop along Locomotive Street, in the inner city suburb of Eveleigh. This heritage listed Locomotive Workshop was built in 1877, consisting of 16 bays originally used for one or more trades required to repair or manufacture locomotives and their components. The Rainbow Serpent sculpture displayed on the wall was created here in 2022.

Linked to: Wordless Wednesday, My Corner of the World.

Eveleigh, pub

This pub and restaurant is located in Bay 1 and Bay 2 of the former Locomotive Workshop along Locomotive Street, in the inner city suburb of Eveleigh. It opened in 2022 and is operated by Brewdog, a Scottish craft brewery. The venue can accommodate up to 900 people across its indoor bar and leafy outdoor beer garden.

Linked to: Through My Lens, Tuesday Treasures, Happy Tuesday, Travel Tuesday

Eveleigh, sculpture

This artwork is on display at Eveleigh Works, an industrial blacksmithing workshop in the inner city suburb of Eveleigh. 'Save our Ngatji' (Rainbow Serpents), creators of spiritual rivers connecting water, sky, and land (2022) was created by artist Uncle Badger Bates, blacksmith Matt Mewburn and the team at Eveleigh Works. The sculpture was displayed at The Cutaway at Barangaroo as part of the 23rd Biennale in 2022. The Rainbow Serpent is seen as the creator God, known by different Indigenous Australian names by the many different Indigenous Australian people. It is viewed as a giver of life through its association with water, but can be a destructive force if angry. When the rainbow is seen in the sky, it is said to be the Rainbow Serpent moving from one waterhole to another.

Linked to: Wordless Wednesday, My Corner of the World.

Eveleigh, pivot crane

This pivot crane is on display in Mitchell Way near the corner of Locomotive Street, in the inner city suburb of Eveleigh. This was once the site of the Eveleigh Railway Yards and this pivot crane was used from about 1925 in the now demolished Wheel Shop in the manufacture of locomotive wheels. The NICTA building behind it is the National Information Communications Technology Australia, a research and development centre of excellence built in 2003.

Linked to: Through My Lens, Tuesday Treasures, Travel Tuesday.

Eveleigh, art

This inflatable artwork was installed in Innovation Plaza, part of the South Eveleigh precinct for the Sydney Festival, in the inner city suburb of Eveleigh. "The Aunties" was designed by fashion designer and artist Jenny Kee and created by the Lgop Collective with The Inflatable Event Company. Auntie Marge and Auntie Una are named for Jenny Kee's real aunties who were both highly skilled and successful seamstresses who supported and guided her in design and couture.

Linked to: Monday Mural, Blue Monday, Ruby Tuesday, Floral Friday Foto, Garden Affair.

Eveleigh, Locomotive Workshop

The Locomotive Workshops are located along Locomotive Street, in the inner city suburb of Eveleigh. They were opened in 1887 for the maintenance and manufacture of steam locomotives. Bays 3, 4 and 4A were the Boilermaker's Shop, with Bay 3 featuring the Heat Treatment Room. These workshops closed in 1988 and these bays have now been redeveloped to house a supermarket, restaurant, a function centre and office space. Some of the old workshop equipment has been retained and is on display along the walkways.
Linked to: Weekend Reflections.

Eveleigh, pavilion

This public pavilion and sculptural landmark is located in the Village Square in the redeveloped former railway yards, in the inner city suburb of Eveleigh. The Interchange Pavilion was created by by University of Sydney lecturer, artist and sculptor Chris Fox in 2020. It draws inspiration from the precinct’s rail history combining over 250 metres of stainless steel ground rails, 15 tonnes of robotically moulded glass reinforced concrete and 1400 pieces of router cut hardwood. This material is supported by a 14 tonne structure made up of over 1650 pieces of digitally fabricated aluminium to create a 350 square-metre public art installation.

Linked to: Wordless Wednesday, My Corner of the World.

Eveleigh, Yerrabingin House

 

Yerrabingin House is a community centre located along Davy Road, in the southern suburb of Eveleigh. This four storey building was built in 2018 and features the world’s first indigenous rooftop farm with edible native plants.
Linked to: Weekend Reflections.

Eveleigh, The Foundry

The Foundry is located along Central Avenue, in the inner city suburb of Eveleigh. This 8-storey commercial office building with ground level retail was built in 2019 at the Australian Technology Park. The building takes its name from the foundry that was located at the former Eveleigh Railway Workshops on this site.

Linked to: Weekend Reflections, My Sunday Snaps.

Eveleigh, crane tank locomotive

The former Eveleigh Railway Yards are part of the South Eveleigh precinct, in the inner city suburb of Eveleigh. The 1083 is a luffing crane tank locomotive which stands in Innovation Plaza, outside the National Innovation Centre.

Linked to: Souvenirs, Our World Tuesday, Tuesday Treasures, Travel Tuesday, Ruby Tuesday, Weekly Smiles.