[1] The facility is the only complete, workable beam engine powered municipal water supply left in its original location in the Southern Hemisphere.

[2][1] The steam-operated pumping station was built in 1885 on the banks of the Wollondilly River at Marsden Weir, providing Goulburn's first reticulated water supply.

[1] This great beam engine, of the type first invented by Thomas Newcomen in 1712, is an example of the powerhouse that drove the Industrial Revolution.

[1] Fired by wood or coal, they produce high temperature steam that is piped through to the beam engine in the central part of the building.

[1] The east wing of the building houses a horizontal steam engine, the Hick Hargreave and the early dynamo room with its electric pump.

It was during this period that a grant was made available under the Regional Employment Development Scheme (1975) which saw some of this funding used for the installation of the Hick Hargreaves engine now on display and operational on steaming days, in the annexe of the pumphouse.

[3][1] Goulburn Pumping Station, Marsden Weir & Appleby Steam Engine was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.

[4] This Wikipedia article was originally based on Goulburn Pumping Station, Marsden Weir & Appleby Steam Engine, entry number 00356 in the New South Wales State Heritage Register published by the State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) 2018 under CC-BY 4.0 licence, accessed on 1 June 2018.