French Doors reflections Rows of analogue pressure gauges

Rows of analogue pressure gauges cover a yellow panel in the control room at West Ryde Pumping Station

Light cuts through an open doorway at the far end

their overhead drive mechanisms idle

a working outdoor space in a building that has held a licence continuously since 1859

French Doors reflections Rows of analogue pressure gaugesTall white framed French doors, their glass panes clouded with dust, open onto a timber railing and the green of trees beyond. The worn rendered wall and bare floorboards place this room firmly in the working fabric of the Braidwood Hotel, built in 1859 at the height of the district's gold rush. Georgian proportions throughout: high ceilings, generous openings, nothing decorative that wasn't also structural. Part of the Braidwood Hotel series.