No. 6 Steam Pumping Station (fmr), Ghooli

Author

Shire of Yilgarn

Place Number

02789

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Location

Great Eastern Hwy Ghooli

Location Details

Local Government

Yilgarn

Region

Wheatbelt

Construction Date

Constructed from 1902

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type	Status	Date	Documents	More information
Heritage List	Adopted	07 Aug 1998
State Register	Registered	14 Jun 2021	Register Entry Assessment Documentation	Heritage Council

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type	Status	Date	Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type	Status	Date	Grading/Management		More information
Type	Status	Date	Category	Description	More information
Classified by the National Trust	Classified	15 Jan 1976			Heritage Council
Register of the National Estate	Permanent	21 Mar 1978			Heritage Council
Municipal Inventory	Adopted	16 May 1997	Category A	Category A These places have a great deal of significance and the highest level of protection is appropriate: recommended for entry into the State Register of Heritage Places; (No 46 Pumping Station and No 53 Southern Cross Post Office are already on the Interim Register): provide maximum encouragement to the owner under the Shire of Yilgarn Town Planning Scheme to conserve the significance of the place. Incentives to promote conservation should be considered.

Statement of Significance

This place has historic, scientific and social significance. The Goldfields Water Scheme, the brain child of CY O'Connor, was a major engineering feat and has been a major contributor to the development of WA. It was, and still is, of prime importance to the State. The Ghooli Pumping Station is in good condition and offeres an opportunity to preserve a memorial to the scheme and the way of life outside the metropolitan area. It is easily accessible from the main highway, so it has tourist potential. The pump station has been entered
on the Register of the National Estate, and is also listed on the WA State Register of Heritage Places.

Physical Description

No 6 Pumping Station at Ghooli was one of a chain of pumping stations which made possible the ambitious scheme of transporting water from Mundaring Weir, through a 350 mile pipeline to the Goldfields after 1902. The building is a substantial brick structure still in its original condition: It housed huge boilers which produced steam pressure for the pump engines. It was in use until 1969 when it was superseded by an electric pump. It is a unique example of a goldfields water supply scheme steam pumping station and is easily accessible from the main highway.

History

Themes: Community Efforts, Services & Utilities

Integrity/Authenticity

Much of the original fabric is intact.

Condition

Good

State Heritage Office library entries

Library Id	Title	Medium	Year Of Publication
7356	Conservation plan for Goldfields Water Supply Scheme. Volume II, place I : No. 6 Pumping Station, Ghooli.	Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan}	1999

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Original Use	GOVERNMENTAL	Pumping Station
Present Use	VACANT\UNUSED	Vacant\Unused

Architectural Styles

Style
Federation Warehouse

Construction Materials

Type	General	Specific
Roof	METAL	Corrugated Iron
Wall	BRICK	Common Brick

Historic Themes

General	Specific
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES	Community services & utilities

Creation Date

30 May 1989

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Approved

Last Update

31 Mar 2021

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