University of Newcastle team scans Lake Macquarie industrial icon, Wangi Power Station

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The derelict and decaying Wangi Power Station is being restored - at least virtually.

A University of Newcastle team led by architecture professor Michael Chapman has launched the Wangi Power Station Project, using state-of-the-art technology to digitally record a significant piece of industrial heritage.

"It's a really spectacular building, and it's built with a lot of care and craft," said Professor Chapman. "And it's very much of a period."

For a time, Lake Macquarie Power Station, as it was originally known, was the largest facility of its type in NSW.

"It sits on a coal seam, so from a heritage perspective, it's one of the first power stations that was actually built where the coal is, rather than where the power needed to be," Professor Chapman said.

"It has this sense of foreboding about it, and it really is a time when we need to preserve this building, and so many of these buildings are not being preserved."

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https://www.newcastleherald.com.au/story/6786488/the-former-wangi-power-station-is-in-decay-but-uon-have-a-high-tech-plan-to-preserve-its-history/