Control Room basement its paint peeling in long

its paint peeling in long strips under a flat grey sky

making it one of the longest-serving active pumping stations in Australia

Built in 1916 across Nattai Creek from the original malthouses

The building was constructed in 1967 as a purpose-built television set for the production of Skippy the Bush Kangaroo

Arched window openings line the right wall

Control Room basement its paint peeling in longRows of analogue pressure gauges cover a yellow panel in the control room at West Ryde Pumping Station, each dial face labelled for a specific northern suburb reservoir: Killara, Chatswood, Hermitage. Strip chart recorders line the left column, needles resting mid scale. The station has supplied water to Sydney's North Shore continuously since Station No. 2 was commissioned in 1921. Part of the West Ryde Pumping Station series.