Places to Visit
No 1 Pump Station
Facilities
Educational Programs
Walk Trails
Address
Mundaring Weir Road, Mundaring
Phone Number
(08) 9295 2455
Opening Hours
Sunday: 12:00 - 16:00
Saturday: 12:00 - 16:00
Visitor Information
Closed Monday 19th December 2011 reopening Monday 26th and Tuesday 27th of December 2011.
Open Public Holidays (except Christmas Day, Good Friday): 12:00 - 16:00
Groups by appointment. Phone 9321 6088.
Closed February.
Admission:
Adult - $5/person.
Child/Concession - $3.
Group Booking - $3/+10 persons.
Family - $12/ 2 adults, 2 children.
Members - FREE.
Summary
On 22 January 1903 the pumping engines
at No 1 Pump Station were officially started.
One of the world's great engineering feats, the
Goldfields Water Supply Scheme, CY O'Connor's 'scheme of madness', was in operation.
No 1 Pump Station is no longer the starting point
for waterís long journey to the Goldfields, but it is
the starting point for a new journey, a journey of
discovery - the Golden Pipeline.
Wherever possible, the building has been left
untouched. You can actually see the layers of
history. Various elements of the building are
labelled with simple text, encouraging you to read
the building and imagine its stories.
The three original boilers and the economiser
remain in the Boiler Room. While only one of the
three original pumping engines remains in the
Pump Room, a machine of a very different type
now occupies the space where C Engine once
stood. This machine tells stories - stories of the
original schemeís construction, why it was built,
by whom, and at what cost. A pumping interactive
demonstrates the schemeís daring simplicity.
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