Islington Railway Workshops
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Location | Kilburn |
| Characteristics | |
| Operator(s) | South Australian Railways |
| History | |
| Opened | 1883 |
The Islington Railway Workshops are railway workshops in Adelaide, South Australia. They were the chief railway workshops of the South Australian Railways. They were first established in 1883, and are still in operation today. As part of William Webb's revitalisation of the railways, the workshops were expanded in the 1920s. In 2012, the site was given provisional listing as a heritage site.
Located in Adelaide's northern suburbs, the Workshops built many of the locomotives and items of rolling stock that served the South Australian Railways, including:
They also built 13 Australian Standard Garratts for the Queensland Railways and Western Australian Government Railways.
During World War II, the Workshops were involved in the construction of a number of armoured vehicles for the Australian Imperial Force, most notably the LP1, LP2, LP3 and LP4 series of armoured cars, based on Ford chassis; and the LP1 and LP2 Universal (Bren Gun) carriers.
In 2013-2014, parts of the workshops were demolished to make way for the Churchill Shopping Centre that opened in May 2014 and contains Adelaide's first Coles Superstore, as well as a further expansion which saw the demolition of another part of the workshops in order to add an Aldi supermarket and a number of specialty stores to the Shopping Centre.
Six surviving historic buildings from the former workshops are listed on the South Australian Heritage Register. They are:
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