Lubbe Powerhouse, Former hydroelectric powerhouse in Langford, British Columbia, Canada

The Lubbe Powerhouse is a decommissioned hydroelectric plant near Goldstream Provincial Park in Langford, British Columbia. Its concrete building measures 42 by 24 by 56 feet and has three rooms that once held generators, Pelton waterwheels and transformers. The machinery was removed and sold, leaving only the structure and a British Columbia Electric Railway sign that cannot be safely taken down.

In 1897 the Esquimalt Waterworks Company and the British Columbia Electric Railway agreed to generate power from high-elevation reservoir water. The plant was expanded in 1898 and 1905, each time adding a turbine. After the Jordan River dam came online in 1912, turbines one and two were taken offline, and the plant ran until 1957 as a 1500 KW facility.

The plant's name honours Theodore Lubbe, head of the Esquimalt Waterworks Company, which developed seven lakes northwest of Victoria using mainly Asian labourers. In its early years a day excursion on the E&N Railway to the powerhouse was a popular outing, and operators' journals record hobos riding the rails and spending the night at Goldstream.

Access to the site is limited because it sits within a protected drinking water watershed. Visitors should check ahead about visiting possibilities, as the location is generally not open to casual access.

The water came from Cabin Pond, 655 feet (200 m) above the plant, and dropped through a 7,920-foot (2,410 m), 33-inch (84 cm) riveted steel pipeline at 285 psi. The plant began with two Pelton wheels, likely made in San Francisco, and grew to four turbines by 1905.