LITHGOW
Lithgow is encounted when traveling
from Sydney to Bathurst (or vice versa) Lithgow is also a Blue
Mountains town, and as such subject to changeable weather. Lithgow is
also a heritage town with lots of old and historic buildings. 
The reason for the name is not readily
accessed.
The
town is the centre of a coal mining district and there are two
coal-powered power stations nearby. It is the site of Australia's
first commercially-viable steel mill the ruins of which are open for
inspection at "Blast Furnace Park".
Because of the abundance of coal and relative proximity to Sydney,
Lithgow is the site of two of the largest power stations in NSW.
Lithgow is the birth place of Marjorie Jackson. The famous athlete
known as the Lithgow Flash   
Lithgow has many heritage sites.  
The following are listed on the National Register.
Former Station Master's Residence (now Caddie's Restaurant), a
sandstone cottage designed by John Clifton and built in 1869
·
Zig Zag Railway, designed by John
Whitton, built by Patrick Higgins
·
Ironworks Blast Furnace, Eskbank, 1875
to 1930
·
Eskbank House, Bennett Street, built by
Thomas Brown in 1842
·
Lithgow Valley Pottery Site Kiln, 1875
to 1908
·
Lithgow Court House,
corner Bridge and
Mort Streets De La Salle Cottage, Rabaul Street, a stone building in
the Victorian Gothic Revival style, built circa 1882
·
Methven, Lidsdale Road, a sandstone
house built by Andrew Brown in the 1870s
·
The Lithgow pubs are nearly all old NSW
classics.     
·
The Anglican
and United
Churches are magnificent 100 year plus greats. The Presbyterian is
also old.
There
is a small arms Museum.
The Lithgow War Memorial is a worthy acknowledgement on the southern
approach to the town.
  
Lithgow is not a stopover town, but there is plenty to look at
Lithgow.
Heritage diary_small.JPG) _small.JPG) _small.JPG)
 |