Prospect Reservoir and History Cottage

Prospect Reservoir serves as an off-line storage reservoir, supplementing inflows from the Warragamba Pipeline and Upper Canal, to the Filtration Plant to manage daily demand fluctuations. Constructed between 1880 and 1888, as Australia's first earth fill embankment dam.
The Prospect History Cottage, showcases the local history through exhibits compiled by volunteers. Inside, visitors can see remnants from William Lawson's former residence, Veteran Hall, alongside historical accounts and images of his son Nelson Lawson's Greystanes estate and the construction of the Prospect Reservoir. The museum also features a collection of vintage photographs and early maps of the region. Note The Prospect History Cottage is open on the second and fourth Sundays of each month, from 11am to 3pm.