More historical photos

One of the things I love about Harbour Mill is its historical significance, and it's great they are keeping the facade of the flour mill. It will always be distinctive.

Here's what the facade looked like after it stopped being an operating mill. See the little house at the top right. It housed the elevator that lifted the bags of wheat from the railway carriages below. The weigh station is still there underneath the cliff, and hopefully it will also be preserved.

And in this rare aerial photograph, you can see what the mill looked like when it was fully operational. The little house is in the same place, and the white chute is where the flour came out. And the reason why the railway siding and cliff is also white is probably because it was covered in flour dust.

And here's an even older photograph, before the little house was added, with the flour being taken away by steam truck. Part of Sydney's industrial history.

I think it's great that the little house has been retained as part of the restoration of the facade.

And to give you a bit of a shock, here's what the inside of Harbour Mill looked like inside well before the construction started, with that little house above the support structure which was holding the building up. If this support had not gone in, it's doubtful the facade would be here today.