The Hillston Power Station

We grew up in the house next door to the power station with the sound of the engines  implanted in our ears day and night. This is a photo of the station from the front . It shows the engine room at the back with someone standing at the door. Taken by me around 1956 .

This was the the power station truck that was used to by the men
 to mend lines and put

in new light bulbs in the street lights.

This is back of the station looking from the railway line.

 The water cooling tower is clearly seen.

 

A view of the station looking toward what later became the

RSL club . It shows the main shed where offices were, where my fathers car was kept 

and where small electrical appliance were repaired.

A man called Freddie Apthorpe lived in a loft under the roof

for as long as i recall and helped out generally.

The first three photos were taken by me around 1956

The last one has been taken from some height and appears to have been taken from the Station water cooling tower at some earlier time by my father Phil Holdsworth