Dublin Port’s redbrick Victorian substation will be opened up as a new public space by Minister for Public Expenditure Paschal Donohoe on Friday.
Dublin Port’s chief executive, Barry O’Connell, will also attend the event, where Mr Donohoe will unveil a glass floor showing a section of Dublin city’s original 18th-century sea wall underneath.
While its exact date of construction is unknown, the substation is believed to have been built around 1908. It was decommissioned in 2017-18 and was fragile when restoration began.
The redbrick building, a protected structure, faces onto East Wall Road and Alexandra Road, with port-hole windows on either side of the arched front door.
The building will serve as a multi-functional space, according to Dublin Port, which says it will host “a range of small-scale events including lectures, poetry readings and theatre performances”.
Port Heritage director Lar Joye and Jim Kelleher, Head of Special Projects at Dublin Port, will also attend the opening on Friday.
More details on the sub-station are here