Evolution of Eveleigh Railway Workshops

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By 1855 the Sydney to Parramatta railway line bisected Chisholm’s estate, and in 1878 the entire site was resumed for construction of the Eveleigh Railway Workshops.

Designed by the NSW Government Railways Chief Engineer, George Cowdery, the principal workshops sprouted here between 1882 and 1887. 

The Locomotive Workshops, Running Sheds and Manager’s Office were sited to the south of the main railway line, and the Carriage Works, Paint Shop, Stores and Chief Mechanical Engineer’s Office located to the north of the tracks. null