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and others), a design approach that was repeated and refined through the 1960s. While a late example of this standard type, Bankstown is distinguished from the majority of other surviving comparisons through its relative intactness. Other than for the modification of windows at the upper level on the
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is original. The circular visor track is extant, with the screen removed. Sun shading is now provided by pull down blinds fixed to the top of each of the windows. The floor is carpeted; the carpet may conceal the original rubber tiles. Archive photography dated 1974 appear to show the walls finished
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As for the south elevation, the north elevation is blank other than for access doors to the air conditioning plant room at ground floor level. Above third floor level the walkway around the base of the cabin (at crawl space level) is enclosed with original painted steel balustrading. The flooring is
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The south elevation is blank with no openings. A modern steel fire escape connects the walkway above to the ground level. The escape ladder appears to be of recent origins and may be a replacement for an earlier version (no escape ladder is indicated on the 1968 drawings). The west elevation, facing
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Department of Works (NSW branch) for the
Department of Civil Aviation. The complex was commissioned in 1970. The control tower is a utilitarian design comprising a square four-storey base in reinforced concrete with a face brick cladding, below a rectangular cantilevered walkway, also in reinforced
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With the exception of upgrades to finishes and fabric, and modifications to accommodate technical changes, the control cabin is intact as built. The frame of the central timber console is original. The canted double glazed cavity windows are lined with felt. Demisting is by electrical metal heaters
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As built, the tower accommodated a switch room and technical officer's room on the first floor; the office of the officer-in-charge and check controller's room on the second floor; and a staff locker room and toilets/showers on the third floor. Floors throughout were vinyl tiles, and concrete walls
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The tower is built on standard raft footings, with a central stair in reinforced concrete. A single-storey brick wing (radio equipment room) extends westward from the tower base and a power house is located a short distance to the north. Both are original components of the ATC complex and appear to
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Bankstown ATC tower is composed of a square four-storey base in reinforced concrete with a face brick cladding, below a rectangular cantilevered walkway, also in reinforced concrete, around an octagonal cabin. The cabin is raised on a part-chamfered half-height duct and service space and octagonal
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The cabin windows are double-glazed and canted outward. In the event of an emergency, the three windows facing west can be opened externally, by means of a hydraulically operated mechanism mounted on the west-facing facet of the crawl space wall. The rooftop features a central mounted beacon, and
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The ATC tower and cabin are largely intact as constructed. The only change to the exterior is the modification of the third floor windows on the east elevation. The interior is likewise intact in both plan form and fabric, albeit with minor upgrades. The cabin is an authentic
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The layout of the first, second and third floors are almost identical. A doorway to the east of the staircase leads to a lobby area that provides access to two rooms facing east. On the second and third levels there is a small store in the north-west corner, accessed from the lobby. On the first
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Bankstown is one of a group of control towers built essentially to the same operational and technical standards and specifications across
Australia and Papua New Guinea from the 1950s until the late-1960s, when perimeter frame towers became the standard model for control towers at secondary and
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Airport Air Traffic Control Tower occupies approximately 300 square metres (3,200 sq ft) on Tower Road, Bankstown Airport, comprising the air traffic control tower and its base building located within Land Parcel 17/DP1071297. The ATC tower, powerhouse and equipment room are
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increased dramatically: annual movements rose from 100,000 to 280,000 between 1962 and 1967. By the mid-1960s, Bankstown was widely recognised as the headquarters of
Australia's general aviation industry. Improvements to the airport over this period included: a sealed 941m-long runway (1952); a
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The bulk (approximately 60 per cent) of the ground floor plan is dedicated to the air conditioning plant room, which is separated from the entrance lobby by a load-bearing concrete wall painted white. The concrete floor of the entrance lobby is finished in vinyl tiles, as are the treads of the
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control tower. In its siting and facilities the new tower conformed to Master
Facility Schedule (MFS) no. 18 (issue 2, May 1967), specifying requirements for standard facilities in control towers and stating principles to be observed in the preparation of control tower unit facility schedules.
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the internal stair. The main entrance to the building is on this side of the building and is via a simple timber door. The door is at the east end of a covered walkway formed by the overhanging eave of the radio equipment room, whose east elevation abuts the tower base. There is no internal
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eastern elevation, the building is intact externally; internally it also retains the majority of its plan form and fabric. It is unusual in retaining its original timber-framed console, albeit modified. The associated radio equipment room and power house are also intact externally.
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A flight of stairs from the third floor leads to the duct and walkway level. A door to the left of the stairs leads to a galley kitchen with a half-height door (to the duct space) to the east and a full-height door (to the walkway) to the west.
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Bankstown Air
Traffic Control (ATC) tower is of historical significance in a national context as a representative and substantially intact example of a standardised air traffic control tower form dating from the first phase of
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announced that a new 60 ft-high air traffic control tower, with associated powerhouse and equipment would be built at
Bankstown (combined cost $ 250,000) on the western side of the airport, opposite the site of the
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running almost the full width of the building. There are no openings to the ground floor, with the exception of a vent to the west. The windows to the first and second storeys feature three regularly spaced
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coated in black plastic. The ground floor is higher than levels 1–3, possibly to accommodate the air conditioning plant, or for the height of the cabin to achieve the required sightlines over the apron.
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floor, a locker room has been built into this space (which was originally open), accessed through a fire door in the plaster partition wall at the top of the
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in perforated plasterboard; this may be concealed behind the present carpet. A metal safety bar has been installed at the top of the stairs.
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wire, with a pedestrian entry to the north-west of the enclosure. Additions to the complex since the late-1960s include a single-storey,
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