Ipswich Railway Station
The Ipswich Railway Station in the late 1860s
[John Oxley Library neg. 22794]
The first railway line in Queensland, from Ipswich to Bigge's Camp (later Grandchester) was opened in July 1865.
A contemporary description in the Illustrated Sydney News of 1866 maintains:
"The Queensland Government lately commissioned Sir Charles Fox and Son, the eminent engineers, to design and order the construction of three buildings for the terminal stations of the Queensland Railway. This work was entrusted to Messrs J. and R. Fisher, of Westminster, by whom it has been executed.
The whole of each building has been put together in England, at a total cost of 6d per cubic foot, which is equal to about 8d when erected in the colony. Its walls are of corrugated iron, with an inside lining of wood, leaving a space in between for ventilation.
Around the entire building over the ground floor is a wide verandah, with ornamental balcony railing, and supported by a lattice girder, carried on light cast iron columns. On the upper floor the roof overhangs and forms a verandah, similar to that below, with lattice girders on columns. These verandahs effectually protect the iron side inclosures from the heat of the sun. There is also a balcony round the inside of the building, giving access to the office and other rooms."
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