Lagoon Creek Pumping Station, Heritage listed railway pumping station in Caboolture, Australia.
Lagoon Creek Pumping Station is a heritage railway facility in Caboolture, Queensland that supplied water to locomotives traveling the North Coast line. The site contains a weir and original pumping machinery positioned at Buckle Street, designed to fill locomotive water tanks during their journeys.
Construction began in 1913 with successive expansions to support steam locomotive water supplies along the North Coast line. The facility ceased operations in 1968 as diesel locomotives gradually replaced steam-powered trains.
The selection of Caboolture over Morayfield as a railway station location occurred due to the water supply at Lagoon Creek, shaping regional development patterns.
The location sits along Buckle Street in Caboolture and is accessible on foot from nearby areas. Visitors should be prepared for open-air surroundings where weather conditions can affect viewing times throughout the year.
The pumping system was originally powered by a modified boiler taken from one of Queensland's earliest steam locomotives. This repurposing of locomotive components reveals the resourceful engineering solutions of the early railway era.
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