The 1859 Hamilton Waterworks (a National Historic Site) is now home to the Hamilton Museum of Steam and Technology. The Museum is housed in Hamilton’s first Waterworks built in 1859 and officially opened in 1860 by the Prince of Wales.  Virtually all of the original facility survives, the only such waterworks to be preserved anywhere in North America.  The buildings are magnificent stone structures built in the Italianate style, Popular for public buildings in the 1850’s.  The facility ran continuously for 51 years before being replaced by electric and steam turbine pumps in 1910.

The Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada recognized  the site as a National Historic Site in 1977.

In 1999, working with E.R.A. Architects, J.D. Strachan Construction Limited completed barrier free modifications to the Museum and installation of a complicated heating system to reclaim heat generated from the Philip Environmental plant over 1,200 feet away. New wood rails that matched the originals were added to the main pump house gallery. The Museum has tours running daily.