Come and explore the historic Spotswood Pumping Station, open for guided or self-guided tours daily. See the large steam pumping engines powered by compressed air. Experience the true magnificence of the giant pumps, gleaming and dripping with oil as the flywheel turns and the pistons pump.
The Spotswood Pumping Station was built in the late nineteenth century as a key component of Melbourne's first centralised sewerage system. Today it is one of Australia's most important industrial heritage sites. The buildings and their contents were classified by the National Trust of Australia in 1981 and are listed on both the Victorian and National Heritage Registers.