Brisbane's Electrical Heritage
There are around 45 framed photographs in Brisbane’s
Electrical Heritage.
The exhibition illustrates Brisbane’s electrical heritage
from the late nineteenth century. It includes images of the
Tramway Powerhouses; Barton and White’s Edison Lane
powerhouse, which was the first to provide a supply of electricity
to the public; highlights of generating stations and workers
in Ann Street, William Street, New Farm, Bulimba and Tennyson.
In addition there are photographs of domestic appliance sales,
radios, cookery demonstrations, farming practices and computer
technology. Historical domestic appliances can be loaned
with the exhibition.
The main feature of this exhibition is a section of an
Edison Street Tube. The tubes were designed and
developed by Thomas Alva Edison in America. Two- and three-conductor
tubes were laid in Brisbane in William Street
in 1884
and 1892, to provide Queensland Parliament House
with an electric
lighting system. The tubes were located in William
Street in January 1992 and recovered by staff from South
East
Queensland Electricity Board and Queensland
Museum. |
