Goulburn Water Works, Wollondilly River

The original waterworks comprising Marsden Weir, the pumping station with its steam-driven Appleby beam engine and its Lancashire boilers, was designed and constructed between 1883 and 1886 under the direction of E. O. Moriarty, Engineer-in-Chief, Harbours & Rivers of the Public Works Department, NSW.

Various upgradings included: addition of supplementary pumps and steam engine in 1897; a new dam in 1915; electric pumps were added in 1918 and 1932; and the beam engine was decommissioned in 1932. The waterworks ceased operation in 1977.

The Goulburn Waterworks is of high social, technical and representative significance for an engineered work from the steam era. The steam beam pumping engine is one of the very few remaining in Australia; it is fully restored and able to be operated under steam.

Goulburn Water Works.

Appleby Pumping Engine.

Goulburn Water Works.

The Engineers Australia plaque outside the pumphouse.

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Goulburn Water Works location map.

Engineering Heritage Recognition Program

Marker Type	Historic Engineering Marker (HEM)
Award Date	April 2003
Heritage Significance	The steam pumping engine is one of the very few beam pumping engines remaining in Australia and is fully restored and able to be operated under steam.
Nomination Document	Available here.
Ceremony Booklet	Not Available.
Interpretation Panel	None Installed.