WW2 BUILDING LOCATED
AT HERSTON, BRISBANE
LATER USED BY THE QUEENSLAND ENERGY MUSEUM
FOR A FEW YEARS, NOW LOCATED AT HIGHFIELDS

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Queensland Energy Museum Photo

An early City Electric Light (CEL) Vehicle driven by Mr. John (Jack) Becconsall.
Photograph taken in the early 1920's outside the CEL William Street Stores

 

Aerial photo taken in 1946 of the two remaining buildings from Camp Victoria Park.
 The buildings at the bottom left of the photo are part of the Gregory Terrace Officer's Camp.
The building to the right of the QEGB building was the main building for 3 Stores Depot RAAF.

 

The building being built above is the Queensland Energy Museum

 

The rail siding in the above photograph was used by the 5 Transportation and Movements Office RAAF and the US Liaison Office. The building to the left of the building under construction was the main building for 3 Stores Depot RAAF.

 

vp01.jpg (33603 bytes) Former military building from Camp Victoria Park now used to house the Queensland Energy Museum in the rear of the Energex Control Centre
vp03.jpg (26890 bytes) The building that the Queensland Energy Museum is housed in is a very long building. It is believed that it was used as a store during WW2
vp02.jpg (46332 bytes) Inside the Queensland Energy Museum building

 

This building was used by the Southern Electric Authority of Queensland (SEAQ) and then SEQEB and then Energex as a storage and depot area for underground cable maintenance. 

 

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