Re: Powerhouse Museum, Sydney

["James C" <jamesccj@optusnet.com.au>]

It's been a while since I visit Power House Museum, I remembered 10 years
ago it was still free to visit it.

Cheers
James




Bradley Torr <btorr@bigpond.nospam.com> wrote in message
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> On Queen's Birthday Holiday I paid a visit to the Powerhouse Museum in
> Ultimo (big mistake because I kept tripping over hordes of toddlers
running
> around everywhere - but that's another story). Anyway, a couple of
> questions:
>
> (1) There was a small exhibit about the opening of the first railway in
NSW
> between Sydney and Parramatta, and the completion of the Long Cove Viaduct
> which enabled this line to be opened. Looking through my Sydway, I can
find
> no such place as "Long Cove". Where abouts is this viaduct located? I am
> guessing it's between Lewisham and Summer Hill (the viaduct which goes
over
> the Hawthorne Canal and the goods line near the Mungo Scott flour mills),
> but can't be sure. Any help?
>
> (2) The grand old destination board from Sydney Terminal, pre-1982.
> According to an information near this restored icon, the destinations and
> times displayed on the board are from an authentic 1937 timetable, and the
> board itself has been repainted and redecorated to reflect its 1930's
> appearance. Down the bottom of the board beneath the destinations, there
are
> often various coloured boards showing the names of the trains - "Riverina
> Express", "Through West Mail", "Brisbane Limited", etc. etc. These
> nameboards were coloured - red for the northern lines, green for the
> southern lines and yellow for the western lines - the exact same colours
> used on modern CityRail maps! Were these colour codes used back in the
> 1930's?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Bradley.
>
>
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