Goulburn Historic Waterworks Museum is set on the banks of the Wollondilly River at Marsden Weir and provides an insight into the history of Goulburn's early water supply. Over several years Council staff, with the help of dedicated volunteers, have developed the Waterworks site, which includes the original buildings, steam engine and pumps, into an operational museum.
Built between 1883-1885, the steam operated pumping facility provided Goulburn's first reticulated water supply. The pump house still contains the original Appleby Bros. Beam Engine, pumps and Galloway Boilers.
This site is the only one of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere and is of national heritage significance. The Appleby Bros. Beam Engine is of dramatic proportion and in operational condition. In an adjoining room, massive electric motors and pumps remain in place from more recent operations. The building also houses a horizontal steam engine built in 1866 by Hick, Hargreaves & Co., Bolton, UK.
The Waterworks is set in a beautiful location and is an ideal rest stop for lunches and picnickers, and can also be booked for wedding parties, coach tours, and small private functions.
Please visit the Goulburn Historic Waterworks Museum Website
Annually, the Historic Waterworks hosts the Steampunk Victoriana Fair on the 3rd weekend of October. It is a chance to travel through time, as it never was. Steampunk mixes the industrial age with futuristic imaginations or how the future might have been imagined in the past.
Please visit the Steampunk Victoriana Fair Website
Opening Hours:
Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday - 10am to 4pm
Open most school and public holidays
Contact Details
Phone: 02 4822 8749
Email: museums@goulburn.nsw.gov.au
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