Old Pumping Station

Author

Heritage Council

Place Number

00583

Location

Great Eastern Hwy Wallaroo

Location Details

15km northeast of Woolgangie on the Goldfields Water Supply Pipeline. Reserve C38354, on GWS Line 46km W of Coolgardie

Other Name(s)

Dedari (Benari)
No 8 Pumping Station

Local Government

Coolgardie

Region

Goldfields

Construction Date

Constructed from 1901

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
State Register Registered 25 Jun 1993 HCWebsite.Listing+ListingDocument

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type Status Date Grading/Management
Category
Municipal Inventory Adopted 27 Jul 1995 Category 1
Classified by the National Trust Classified 06 Sep 1982
Register of the National Estate Permanent 11 Aug 1987

Parent Place or Precinct

16610 Goldfields Water Supply Scheme

Condition

The pumping station is a brick building of plain industrial design appropriate to its use. It has an iron roof and a metal chimney. Work on construction of the pipeline under the direction of the Engineer-In-Chief, C Y O'Connor began in 1898 but this, the last of the steam pumping stations, was built at the end of 1901. It continued in use until 1970 when superseded by diesel powered plant. It is currently being restored by the trust in co-operation with the Public Works Department.

State Heritage Office library entries

Library Id Title Medium Year Of Publication
3873 Goldfields Water Supply, Dedari Conservation Works Final Report-Heritage Grants Program 1997/98 Heritage Study {Other} 1999
7358 Conservation plan for Goldfields Water Supply Scheme. Volume II, place M : No. 8 Pumping Station, Dedari. Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan} 1999
1125 Goldfields Water Supply No. 8 Steam Pumping Station at Dedari. Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan} 1995

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Present Use EDUCATIONAL Museum
Original Use GOVERNMENTAL Pumping Station

Architectural Styles

Style
Federation Warehouse

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Roof METAL Corrugated Iron
Wall BRICK Common Brick

Historic Themes

General Specific
OCCUPATIONS Technology & technological change

Creation Date

30 May 1989

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

31 Dec 2016

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