Longreach Power House Museum

The powerstation, opened in 1921, is one of the few big country power generating stations which is virtually intact and has the fist coal-fired gas producer used in the Australian electricity industry. It was sited next to the artesian bore because of the requirement for water to cool the engines. The first units were Ruston and Hornsby gas engines powering DC equipment. Equipment on display includes gas producers, the first oil engine in the power station, gas suction engines, turbo charger and transformers. Also on display are photographs and a range of Longreach memorabilia, items from the old meteorological office in town, a 1948 classroom and a stock and agent section, as well as an operational console from the old traffic control section of the local airport, WWII memorabilia, 100yr old plates from England, old spurs and relics of royal visits.