City of Brunswick Electricity Supply Substation (former)

Other Name

Citipower transformer station

Location

188 BRUNSWICK ROAD,, BRUNSWICK VIC 3056 - Property No 243

Level

Included in Heritage Overlay

Statement of Significance

What is significant?

The City of Brunswick Electricity Supply transformer station (former)located at 188 Brunswick Road, Brunswick.
 

How is it significant?

The City of Brunswick Electricity Supply transformer station (former)located at 188 Brunswick Road, Brunswick is of local historic and aesthetic significance to the City of Merri-bek.
 

Why is it significant?

Of historical significance as a representative example of an intact andfunctioning part of the infrastructure supplying Brunswick withelectricity since c.1914. It demonstrates the important role of localCouncils in the supply and distribution of electricity in the periodprior to the formation of the SEC in 1918. (AHC Criteria B.2 & F.1)
 
Of aesthetic significance as a representative and intact example of apublic utility building that assists in demonstrating the range ofarchitectural styles used in the construction of substations and similarbuildings in Brunswick, and regionally, across Melbourne. (AHC Criterion E.1)

Group

Utilities - Electricity

Category

Electricity Transformer/Substation