GSA Guide - Tower Mill and water tanks Claimed

Tower Mill and Water Tanks

Colonial building and second water supply for Brisbane.

Windmill to treadmill and water tanks of 1870-1880s.

Windmill and water tanks 19th century sites.

Albert Park and its heritage buildings.

The end of Albert Park at the bend in the road are examples of 19th Century buildings in Queensland.

The Tower Mill and the water tanks which were the first reticulated water supply for Brisbane City. This replaced the polluted tank at Tank Street (that caused bouts of typhoid in the city). 

The Tower Mill was originally designed as a windmill with sails, but there was inadequate wind velocity to power the sails and it became a punishment treadmill for the convicts.  The water tanks date from 1870-1880s

A round motel to mimic the old Tower Mill was constructed in the 1960s.

Fencing - Windmill and water tanks.

Brisbane Tuff was extensively quarried from Kangaroo Point and elsewhere for kerb and channelling, as a facing stone and locally as a fencing.  This forms the feature wall and plaque to the Tower Mill.

Water tanks.

Due to the rapid growth of Brisbane the 1850s and 1860s it became evident that a new supply was necessary for