Ipswich Electric Supply Co. Ltd.

'The Ipswich Electric Supply Company Limited was registered under the "Companies Act of 1863" on 28 August 1917 and the first meeting of its directors was held on 3 September 1917. This company was a subsidiary of the City Electric Light Company Limited which was based in the Brisbane area. A power order was granted to the new company allowing it to supply electricity to the city and shire of Ipswich which included the former shires of Bundamba, Brassall and Purga. Under this scheme the Ipswich company purchased bulk electricity supply from its parent company at full cost plus fifteen percent.'

Power poles were erected in  early 1919 and a headquarters building was constructed at 164 Brisbane Street. The street lights were changed from gas to electricity but only in central Ipswich. In September 1919 'the Queensland Times became the first business in Ipswich to install and run an electric motor from the new supply..' The motor had been bought locally from Cribb & Foote. (Up until 1919 the majority of homes and businesses in Ipswich were still using gaslights. Private or individual electric plants or power houses were installed between 1900 and 1914 in a few Ipswich businesses including Pommer’s Ice and Butter Factory, Railway Workshops, Cribb and Foote, the mines and the Commonwealth Hotel.)

Ipswich Electric Supply Company Ltd. merged with City Electric Light Company in 1941, which then became a public company in 1952. Later it would be known as SEQEB, and Heisenberg Haus, Bavarian restaurant.