Camp Meeandah and US Army General Depot

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The Meeandah Stores Depot was part of the largest major storage project undertaken by the Allied Works Council for the US Army in Brisbane. Although construction was planned for 47 huge warehouses on three sites totalling 420 acres at Meeandah, Banyo and Pinkenba, only 29 stores in total were built. The total storage space was 1,143,000 square feet on the floor. These Depots, which warehoused food, clothing and general US equipment and stores, were also built '…to serve as holding depots for all classes of material under Lend-Lease.'

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Location

100 Sugarmill Road

Pinkenba, QLD 4008

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Supply facility

History

Construction of the US Army’s General Stores Depot commenced in early June 1943, with the depot to be spread across three Brisbane suburbs. All three of the Depot’s components were located on unused land, the low-lying nature of which meant that drainage requirements occupied a large portion of the early work. Five miles of roadways were constructed on the Meeandah site exclusive of site access roads, and a railway siding was also laid to specially constructed platform at the site. The depot was completed in January 1944. Meeandah was the major depot having 19 warehouses, while Banyo had 9 and...

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