NRS-20464 | Transfer [of assets-land & works] From the Department of Railways to the Electricity Commission of New South Wales

This series comprises a determination (four signed copies) and three volumes which document the transfer of assets (land and works) from the Department of Railways to the Electricity Commission of New South Wales in 1966.  The generating and transmission functions of the railways' electricity enterprise along with power stations were progressively transferred to the Electricity Commission from 1953. (1)  The determination was located inside Book 2.The transfer was made pursuant to the provisions of the Electricity Commission Act, 1950 (Act No. 22, 1950) which established the Electricity Commission of NSW.  Book 2 contains four identical signed documents titled "Electricity Commission Act, 1950, Technical Joint Committee, Division of the Assets (Land and Works) and Documents of the Department of Railways between the Department of Railways and the Electricity Commission of New South Wales" and dated 31 May 1966.  This supplementary determination was for the purpose of: '...more precisely defining the land and land interests which vested in The Electricity Commission of New South Wales on 1st January, 1953' as described in Books 1 (land), and 2 and 3 (easements), annexed to the determination. Each volume relates to assets such as land, power stations and easements for transmission lines and underground cables in different geographical locations.  An index to each volume is pasted on the front cover.Book 1 - Land - Index*Power stations*Substations*Mains Depots, Staff Cottages and Transmission [Easements]Book 2 - Easements - Index*Carlingford - Lake Macquarie 132kV Trans. Line (Carlingford - Ourimbah Section) - Feeder No. 929 - Sheets 1-7*Carlingford - Lake Macquarie 132kV Trans. Line (Ourimbah - Lake Macquarie Section) - Feeder No. 920 - Sheet 8*Carlingford - Strathfield 132kV Trans. Line - Feeder Nos. 923 & 924 - Sheets 9 - 17*Carlingford - Lithgow 132kV Trans. Line (Part Carlingford - Wallerawang By Rly. Dept.) - Feeder No. 925 - Sheets 18-24* Lithgow - Orange 132kV Trans. Line (Part Carlingford - Wallerawang & Lithgow - Orange By Rly. Dept.) - Feeder Nos. 925 & 802 - Sheets 25-29*Lake Macquarie - Waratah No. 1 132kV Trans. Line - Feeder No. 950 - Sheets 30-32*Waratah - Taree - 132kV Trans. Line - Feeder No. 953 - Sheet 33.Book 3 - Easements - Index*Lithgow - Orange 66kV Trans. LIne (Lithgow-Wallerawang-Bathurst- Blayney-Orange by Rly. Dept. - Feeder No. 801 - Sheets 1-17*Orange - Wellington 66kV Trans. Line (Orange-Wellington-Dubbo by Rly. Dept.) - Feeder No. 805 - Sheet 18*Hamilton - Dungog 66kV Trans. Line - Feeder No. 861 - Sheets 19-21*Dungog - Gloucester 66kV Trans. Line - Feeder No. 861 - Sheet 22*Gloucester - Taree 66kV Trans. Line Feeder No. 861 - Sheets 23-25*Taree - Kempsey 66kV Trans. Line Feeder No. 861 - Sheets 26-35*Hamilton - West Maitland 66kV Trans. Line - Feeder No 852 - Sheets 36-38*Maitland - Singleton 66kV Trans. Line - Feeder No. 857 - Sheets 39-43*Maitland - Dungog 33kV Trans. Line - Feeder No. 715 - Sheet 44*Cockle Creek - West Maitland 33kV Trans. Line  - Feeder No. 713 - Sheet 45*Zarra Street - Hamilton 11kV Trans. Line - Feeder No. 526 - Sheet 46*White Bay - Rozelle 33kv Underground Cables - Feeder Nos. 763 & 764 - Sheet 47*White Bay - Ultimo 6.6kV Underground Cables - Feeder Nos. 101, 102, 103, 104, 105 & 106 - Sheet 48.Each book comprises summary tables which describe the asset and its original acquisition by the Department of Railways, usually from private owners. Each table is followed by plans showing, for example, the routes of transmission lines and each Plan of Easement (parcel of land) through which the transmission line passes. Endnotes1. See AG/500.