About this location
- Where
1 Jamieson Street, Newington Armory, Sydney Olympic Park NSW 2127
- Cost
- Free entry
- Accessibility
- Welcomes people with access needs, contact venue/organiser for details
Contact details
This building was designed to store gunpowder in barrels. The magazine contains three barrel-vaulted storage chambers; shown externally by the three separate rooflines and gables.
Before electricity became available, lighted lamps (either candle or oil) were used to light the chambers at night. However, fire was a considerable threat to a magazine; it would take just one spark… Clever design improved safety. Using a perimeter internal passageway that runs around and between the internal vaults; incorporating small, glazed windows at five metre intervals, the lighted lamps were placed on the exterior sills to illuminate the interior of the chambers.