Fleet Street Pumping Station

Recently restored, this limestone station (Thomas C. Keefer, 1874 and Robert Surtees, 1899) provided the first water supply system in Ottawa. Originally, water power generated from Chaudière Falls worked the pumps. Now, water comes from the Lemieux Island Water Plant and is gravity fed some 2,400 metres via 2 water mains. Pumping capacity is 236 million litres a day.

Over 2,000 visitors lined-up for guided tours during Ottawa's inaugural Doors Open event in May, 2002.

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