[1] It contains well-preserved mechanical engineering devices in a Richardsonian Romanesque building.

[2] During its busiest years, the waterworks pumped as much as a hundred million gallons of water each day.

[4] After a period of disuse, the pumping station was restored, and in 2007 the Waterworks Preservation Trust was set up to oversee its conversion into a museum.

Mark Wahlberg filmed part of his 1992 "You Gotta Believe" in the basement of the building.

[9] The building contains the stonework faces of its designer, Arthur H. Vinal, and his wife.