The Walsh Island Dockyard & Engineering Works was a dockyard and engineering workshop established by the Government of New South Wales in 1913, at Walsh Island, Newcastle, Australia. The foundation stone was laid on 15 June 1913 by Arthur Griffith, the Minister for Works.New State Works. Bright Outlook for the Future Sydney Morning Herald 16 June 1913 page 10 The dockyard was constructed as a replacement for Sydney's Cockatoo Island Dockyard, that was taken over by the Federal Government in 1913.
Forty-seven vessels were constructed at the dockyard, including a 15,000-ton floating dock.Wash Island Fleet List Newcastle Industrial Heritage Association The engineering works fabricated bolts, castings and steel fabrication work. It assembled electric carriages for the New South Wales Government Railways as well as trams. The dockyard was eventually abandoned in 1933 after the great depression and was dismantled and relocated to the new State Dockyard at Dyke End, Carrington.History: The old Red Rattlers live on Newcastle Herald 12 September 2014
Ships built at Walsh Island Dockyard Mildred (1914)Newcastle - Stockton Vehicular Ferry Service Main Roads September 1972 page 29 Delungra (1919)Launch of the first Steel Cargo Ship Built in Australia Australian Town & Country Journal 2 April 1919 page 21 Enoggera (1920) Eurelia (1920) Eromanga (1921) Kooroongaba (1921)The Newcastle - Stockton Vehicular Ferry Main Roads November 1932 page 37 Kuttabul (1922)HMAS Kuttabul Sea Power Centre Koompartoo (1922)Koompartoo Launched The Evening News 15 December 1921 page 7 Sir Arthur Dorman (1925)Ships Launched Singleton Argus 30 April 1925 page 1 Dorlonco (1925) Birubi (1927) hopper dredge Hermes (1930) 15,000 ton floating dockWalsh Island Dock Launching Ceremony Sydney Morning Herald 21 December 1929
Products of engineering works 60 Tenders for 36 class locomotivesThe C36 Class 4-6-0s of New South Wales Locomotives International issue 43 May 1998 page 16 NSW Department of Railways Rail Standard Type Rail Cars C3171-C3220 (1926-1927)NSW Passenger Rolling Stock Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin issue 177 July 1952 page 79 NSW Department of Railways Rail Standard Type Rail Trailers T4301-T4548 (1926-1929)Sydney Electric Trains from 1926 to 1960: A Survey at their 75th Anniversary Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin issue 763 May 2001 page 167 NSW Department of Railways Rail Standard Type Rail Cars C3251-C3300 (1928) NSW Department of Railways Rail Parcel Vans C3901-C3903 (1928) P-class Sydney tram
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