Graph Paper Close Up waves Glasshouse at Waterfall

Glasshouse at Waterfall

it is one of many former businesses left standing as Yubari's population fell toward fewer than 6

its corrugated iron roof streaked with rust and a brick chimney rising above the ridgeline

timber boards worn back to bare grain

Thatched Walkway at Nikko

Graph Paper Close Up waves Glasshouse at WaterfallA sheet of graph paper, faded and marked with fine lines and ink, rests inside West Ryde Pumping Station. The station has pumped water to Sydney's northern suburbs continuously since Station No. 2 was commissioned in 1921. Paper records like this one sat alongside machinery that underwent full electrification in 1982, by which point the station operated 13 pumping units plus one standby. Part of the West Ryde Pumping Station series.