There's voices in these walls.

It seems everyone has heard of or been inside the Substation on Petrie Tce. Now home to two businesses in the creative industries and serving as an event space, the building has been excellently preserved with secure foundations and archaic machinery still hulking and able for work.

The building has a total of 5 levels; the garage, sub level 1, ground level, mezzanine level and a rooftop 'air-conditioning service' terrace. Considerable renovations were made by current owners Michael and Lindsay Kasprowicz when they purchased the premise in 2001.

Michael and Lindsay soon found themselves living within and renovating it over the next 18 months. Renovations included double glazing on the windows, new ceilings and basic plumbing and electrical upgrades to make it the warm space it is today.

Before 2001 and for an unknown time period, a Doctor by the name of B. Richarson lived and worked on a dusty collection of classical car shells and engines. He had only one leg and spent the majority of his career working offshore in war and disease affected regions of the world.

In 1906-7 electric trams ran along Caxton Street powered by SubStation No.4. The line was eventually extended until it reached Bardon Street in 1937.

The tramway substation at Enoggera Terrace was erected in 1929-1930 to assist the Petrie Terrace substation to provide power to the electric tramway system. The Paddington train line was closed in 1969 when the trams were withdrawn from service.

Josephmark and Wolfbyte computers began looking for office space in August 2005. When Edgeware, a client of Josephmark?s, held an event inside the SubStation, something clicked. It was a cool space and not being rented. They approached the then current lease holders and began talking about the possibility of moving in. They moved in the first week of January 2006.

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