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Queensland's first railway line, opened on 31 July 1865, ran between Ipswich and Grandchester, approximately 35 km (21.7 mi) [a] to the town's west. To support the new line, which became known as the South and West Railway, construction of two workshop buildings at Ipswich commenced in 1863, about a kilometre (0.62 miles) south of the present facility on the northern banks of the Bremer River.
North Ipswich Railway Workshops is a heritage-listed current Australian railway workshop at North Street, North Ipswich, Queensland. It was built from 1878 to 1980s. It is also known as the Workshops Rail Museum. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 April 1997. The original site was built in 1864, then expanding to its current ...
Ipswich Railway Workshops War Memorial is a heritage-listed memorial at the North Ipswich Railway Workshops, North Street, North Ipswich, City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Vincent Price and built in 1919. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992. [1] [2]
The route of Queensland's first main line railway is featured in original plans held by Ipswich Railway Workshops Museum for the railway. The former railway embankments comprise two sets of raised embankments on Lot 1 on RP146565 (the 1864 alignment) and on Lot 34 on SL4200 (the 1867/8 alignment) and are visible either side of Mihi Creek.
Part of the original line remains to access the North Ipswich Railway Workshops Museum. Originally built as single track, the Roma St - Ipswich section was duplicated from 1885 to 1887, indicating how quickly the traffic volume grew on the line. The Albert Bridge was built to accommodate two tracks in 1876, though only one was laid at the time.
This building, the oldest remaining on the original North Ipswich Railway Workshops site, was built in 1878-9 by Ipswich contractors, McGregor and Brown. It was initially used as a store. It was later used for administration and then as a tarpaulin store. In 1990, the tarpaulin store was converted into the Railway Historical Centre and was used ...
Ipswich and Brisbane were linked by rail in 1875. [1] Although the Ipswich railway workshops were at North Ipswich, the railway station was in the centre of the town, on the southern side of the Bremer River. The line from the station passed over a combined rail/road bridge across the river.
A railway museum is a museum that explores the history of all aspects of rail related transportation, ... The Workshops Rail Museum, Ipswich, Queensland [95]