The Colonel Ward Pumping Station was brought online in 1915 to provide water to the city of Buffalo, pumped from Lake Erie along a 6,600 foot tunnel. It houses five immense steam pumps, each weighing 1,100 tons, standing 60 feet tall, and producing 1,200 horsepower, capable of discharging 30 million gallons of water per day through 48-inch diameter pipes.
