Goulburn Historic Waterworks - Goulburn
Direct Phone Number : (02) 4823 4448
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Step back in time to the 1880s when Goulburn was one of the first regional centres to supply piped drinking water to its residents. The Goulburn Historic Waterworks has remained intact with a pump house and working steam beam engine. It is located in an idyllic setting on the banks of the Wollondilly River.
This unique facility is the only complete, workable, steam powered municipal water supply, left in its original location, in the Southern Hemisphere. The buildings and engine are the national significance and are now protected by a permanent conservation order.
Come and see the fully operational steam engines, the 1883 Appleby Bros. beam engine and the 1860s Hick Hargreaves Corliss valve engine. The beam engine was installed at the waterworks in the 1880s to pump water for the City of Goulburn.
