Mount Crosby Pumping Station

Mount Crosby Pumping Station
Mount Crosby Pumping Station, from north, 2019
Location	Stumers Road, Mount Crosby, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Coordinates	27°32′17″S 152°47′57″E / 27.5380°S 152.7991°E / -27.5380; 152.7991
Design period	1870s–1890s Late 19th century
Built	1891–1892, 1892–1915, former water intake, culvert, silt chamber and tunnel site (1892, 1892–1949, 1899, 1902–1918), remnant weir (1902, 1913, 1913, 1914–1926, 1915, 1926–1928, 1926, 1926, 1941)
Architect	Charles H McLay
Queensland Heritage Register
Official name	Mount Crosby Pumping Station Complex
Type	state heritage
Designated	25 October 2019
Reference no.	650236
Type	Natural feature: River/creek/watercourse; Residential: Cottage; Residential: Detached house; Residential: Duplex; Transport-rail: Tramway; Transport-road: Bridge-road; Utilities-water supply: Weir; Utilities-water supply: Pumping station
Theme	Exploiting, utilising and transforming the land: Exploiting natural resources; Exploiting, utilising and transforming the land: Managing water; Exploiting, utilising and transforming the land: Protecting and conserving the environment; Developing secondary and tertiary industries: Lodging people; Working: Organising workers and workplaces; Moving goods, people and information: Using rail; Moving goods, people and information: Using motor vehicles; Building settlements, towns, cities and dwellings: Establishing settlements and towns; Building settlements, towns, cities and dwellings: Developing urban services and amenities; Building settlements, towns, cities and dwellings: Dwellings; Creating social and cultural institutions: Sport and recreation
Location of Mount Crosby Pumping Station in Queensland

Mount Crosby pumping station is a heritage-listed pumping station and weir (the Mount Crosby Weir) at Stumers Road, Mount Crosby, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is located on the Brisbane River and extends into Chuwar on the other side of the river. The facility supplies water to Brisbane and nearby cities and towns within the SEQ Water Grid. It was originally designed by Charles H McLay and built from 1891 to 1892. The historic parts of the facility were added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 25 October 2019.^[1] It is also listed on the Brisbane Heritage Register, together with numerous associated facilities which were not included in the state heritage listing.

The Mount Crosby pumping station was originally steam-powered. A tramway was originally created for construction purposes, but was later used to transport coal to fire the boilers to create the steam that drove the pumping engines; ^[2] The facility originally pumped untreated water from the north or eastern bank of the River, but water treatment was added later.^[3]

The Mount Crosby pumping station complex has been an important part of Queensland's industrial history since first established in 1892. Several important technological phases in Queensland's history are reflected in the buildings, infrastructure, and industrial remnants. In continuous operation, the station has provided generations of workers with employment and accommodation in the adjacent worker's houses, reflecting the importance of providing accommodation to company workers in remote locations in the late 19th century. The prominent waterworks operation, incorporating daily life as place of employment, residence, and recreation, and the relatively remote location, fostered a close-knit and social community of workers and their families.^[1]