postcard | brisbane powerhouse

brisbane powerhouse
{construction} 1928 – 1940
{location} lamington street new farm
{style} industrial
{material} brick
{architect} roy rusden ogg
{reason} to provide electricity for the tram network + several brisbane suburbs
{users} powerstation workers
{heritage listing} yes
{other} once buses replaced trams the building was decommissioned in 1971 and became derelict – it reopened in 2000 as a multi-purpose centre for the arts