Mount Crosby Pumping Station Complex (QHR)

Waterworks Cottage No 112 was built in 1891 for the second engineer at the Mount Crosby Waterworks. Work on the pumping station had begun in 1890, in what had been a remote farming and tree-felling district. Purpose-built houses were constructed for employees near the waterworks, reflecting the isolation of the area, the lack of efficient transportation, and the need to have engineers on site. The engineers’ cottages, situated high on the ‘Works Hill’ slope, were finished before others in the precinct. William Thompson, the original second (or night) engineer, moved into the cottage with his family shortly after its completion. Cottage No 112 is a lowset timber house featuring open verandas on three sides, a hipped corrugated iron roof with Dutch gables and a brick chimney, and is flanked by two mature pine trees. The site is significant as it demonstrates the evolution of housing for employees at the waterworks and as it contributes to a remarkable precinct of late nineteenth century housing.

This is now a Queensland Heritage Place. Please refer to the Queensland Heritage Register for further details.