City Engineer's Department Correspondence Files

Description

Unique IDAS-0144Start dateBetween 11th December 1925 and 17th November 1988Start date qualifierexactFormatRegistered FileShort descriptionThis series contains the City Engineer's Department internal correspondence files, c.1925-1988. A number of photographs (which have been digitised) are included in this series.DescriptionThis series contains the City Engineer's Department internal correspondence files. The files mainly contain copies of minutes, letters and reports duplicated in Town Clerk's Department Correspondence Files (AS-0034). The series is controlled by the Indexes to City Engineers Correspondence Files AS-0732 in the period 01/01/1950 to 31/12/1976.

The files deal largely with the construction and reconstruction of streets and pavements, and town planning, but all matters presented to the Engineering staff for comment or action could have had a file raised - lighting, zoning, subdivisions, land leases etc.

It is not clear when this series started but it was probably in 1925 when the City Engineer and City Surveyor's Department (AG-0088) was created. It created the records until 31/08/1928. The City Engineering and Building Surveyors Department (AG-0061) created the records in the period 31/08/1928 to 01/06/1936. The City Engineers Department I (AG-0005) then created the records in the period 01/06/1936 to 17/11/1988.

According to officers in the Department, the series ceased in 1976, but it is more likely to have been at the end of 1978 when Council introduced a centralised filing system. However, seven of the surviving files had papers added to them as late 17 November 1988.
Relationship summaryPRECEDED BY: City Cleansing Engineers Files AS-0812 (17/05/1933)
RELATED TO: Planning for public spaces AY-0031 (11/12/1925 to 31/12/1978)
RELATED TO: Strategic town planning AY-0030 (11/12/1925 to 31/12/1978)
RELATED TO: Parking regulation AY-0054 (11/12/1925 to 31/12/1978)
RELATED TO: Traffic regulation and control AY-0053 (11/12/1925 to 31/12/1978)
RELATED TO: Surveying AY-0046 (11/12/1925 to 31/12/1978)
RELATED TO: Disposal of waste by punting, tipping or destruction AY-0008 (17/05/1933 to 31/12/1978)
RELATED TO: Depots management AY-0097 (11/12/1925 to 31/12/1978)
RELATED TO: Architectural and engineering design and drafting AY-0087 (11/12/1925 to 31/12/1978)
RELATED TO: Management of parks and reserves AY-0084 (11/12/1925 to 31/12/1978)
RELATED TO: Contractual arrangements for the supply of goods and services AY-0077 (11/12/1925 to 31/12/1978)
RELATED TO: Construction and repair of bridges, overpasses and tunnels AY-0049 (11/12/1925 to 31/12/1978)
RELATED TO: Road construction and maintenance AY-0047 (11/12/1925 to 31/12/1978)
RELATED TO: Provision and management of child care centres and playgrounds and services AY-42 (11/12/1925 to 31/12/1978)
RELATED TO: Provision and management of public toilets AY-0039 (11/12/1925 to 31/12/1978)
RELATED TO: Management of sports facilities, swimming pools, recreation and community centres AY-0037 (11/12/1925 to 31/12/1978)
RELATED TO: Resumptions of land AY-0026 (11/12/1925 to 31/12/1978)
RELATED TO: Provision of street lighting AY-0025 (11/12/1925 to 31/12/1978)
RELATED TO: Purchase and sale of land and buildings AY-0018 (11/12/1925 to 31/12/1978)
RELATED TO: Construction and maintenance of buildings and structures AY-0001 (11/12/1925 to 31/12/1978)
LanguageEnglish (eng)

Item

Ash Street Sydney; 1/ Enquiry re status 2/ request by Woolworths Ltd for Council to acquire as a

Beare Park, Elizabeth Bay - Proposed Extension

Domain Parking Station. Proposed moving of footway. Request for information and services

Martin Place. Excavation, temporary use for storage purpose and bomb-proof shelter

Crane's Paddock, St Johns Rd Glebe (Housing Scheme). Request for levels etc.

Pyrmont Bridge Rd & Lyons Rd Camperdown (Housing Scheme). Request for levels etc.

Cahill Expressway. Spoil from excavations, disposal of generally

1/ Proposed reconstruction of boatshed premises at Dawes Point Sydney 2/ Widening of Hickson Road

Central Railway Station; Proposed parking station over garden plot

Systrum Street Ultimo. Question of change of status from Private to Public

Waterfront area of Eizabeth Bay & Rushcutters Bay; Question for negotiations with property-owners

Kent St widening. Gas Lane & Napoleon St. Licence to use land under the roadway

Parker Asphalt Mixing Plant

Erection of Engineering Workshops, William Henry St & Wattle Sts, Ultimo

Wattle St Depot, 1. Proposed new machine for workshop, 2.Remodelling & re-organisation of workshop

Corner of Gresham and Spring Street; Preservation of old cast iron posts (includes photos of the

Loftus St Sydney between Bridge St to Alfred St; reinstatement of abandoned tramway area and

Moore Park Athletic Field

Circular Quay Plaza; Alfred St between Young St & Loftus St Partial closure

Circular Quay Area: Question of adoption of foreshore protection area

No 1 & portion of No 2 Goodmans Terrace & portions of Nos 55/59 Cooper St, Surry Hills -

Hart Street Area, Surry Hills, Remodelling Scheme

City Road Darlington; Suggested construction of pedestrian bridge over roadway at entrance to

Photograph

Pyrmont Incinerator chimney stack demolition

Pring Street, Woolloomooloo

Plunkett Street, Woolloomooloo

Woolloomooloo viaduct

Series

Central Activity Files, 1979-1987

Town Clerk's Department Correspondence Files, 1914-1978 [Municipal Council of Sydney / City of Sydney]

Access

Public access statusOpen to public access

Identification and Arrangement

Source system ID144System of arrangementAnnual single number

Digitisation

Digitisation statusPartially digitised

Data Quality

Authenticity & integrityThese are the original correspondence files created by Council. The records have been held in the Council’s custody and have a high level of authenticity. Users should be aware that these are historical records and the language used within the records was the language of the time it was captured, and may not reflect current community values or expectations.

Relationships

OrganisationSydney City CouncilControlled by seriesIndexes to City Engineer's Corespondence FilesPreceding seriesCity Cleansing Engineer's FilesCreating agenciesCity Engineer and City Surveyor's Department IICity Engineering and Building Surveyor's DepartmentCity Engineer's Department IRelated activitiesConstruction and maintenance of buildings and structuresPurchase and sale of land and buildingsProvision of street lightingResumptions of landManagement of sports facilities, swimming pools, recreation and community centresProvision and management of public toiletsProvision and management of child care centres and playgrounds and servicesRoad construction and maintenanceConstruction and repair of bridges, overpasses and tunnelsContractual arrangements for the supply of goods and servicesManagement of parks and reservesArchitectural and engineering design and draftingDepots managementDisposal of waste by punting, tipping or destructionSurveyingTraffic regulation and controlParking regulationStrategic town planningPlanning for public spaces

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City Engineer's Department Correspondence Files