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EAST PERTH POWER STATION CONTROL ROOM DOORS AND ARCHITRAVE

c. 1916
Overview

These are the original doors and architrave fitted to the East Perth Power Station Control Room circa 1916. They are made of Jarrah and the glass doors have a logo of a hand holding a lightning bolt and Control Room Strictly No Admittance etched into them. The left hand door glass is damaged at the bottom.

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Registration number
cwa-org-35-2019.1
Item type
Objects
Material
Jarrah (Wood)
Glass
Paint
Steel
Width
950 mm
Height or length
2750 mm
Depth
55 mm
Year
c. 1916
Statement of significance

The centre of any large power station is the control room where operators work around the clock monitoring and controlling the load of each generating unit. Manually operated equipment of the East Perth Power control room in 1949 hasa since been replaced by computerised systems in modern power stations. The glass etched doors framed with jarrah formed the entry into the control room from 1916. They were removed from the Power Station on its closure in 1981.

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Artistic or aesthetic significance
Social or spiritual significance
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