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Calendar of Treasury Papers
… 1725 on a petition of the Governor and Company of Chelsea Waterworks, who had undertaken to supply the City of …
Survey of London
… beauty of the river-bank. Since the establishment of the Waterworks in 1806 and the building of the new bridge in …
Old and New London
… is now occupied by the reservoir of the West Middlesex Waterworks. The name survives in Barrow Hill Place and Road. …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… of the two towns, began the construction of new waterworks at Ogbourne St. George. 89 As recorded elsewhere, … were unable or reluctant to spend money on expensive waterworks. Sometimes villages were left to draw their … and Trowbridge. Melksham was also supplied from Trowbridge waterworks, established in 1864. 98 A survey of …
A History of the County of Essex
… the tenant of the Three Crowns nearby was to maintain the waterworks. 38 Thomas Lucas allowed the waterworks' pipes to cross his land in St. Mary's parish, but … two cisterns to supply the central part of the town. The waterworks functioned well initially, but were so badly …
A History of the County of Oxford
… to clean it twice a week with water pumped from the city waterworks. 86 The outbreaks of cholera in 1832, 1849, and … straight into the rivers, several of them above the city waterworks. The main sewage outfalls were into the river … Friar Bacon's Study was occupied by the master of the waterworks. 17 The new 'city water' venture was never a …
A History of the County of York
… corporation subsequently secured a quarter share in the waterworks which were apparently not completed in 1620: in … and Waterwork': this was presumably the site of the waterworks begun in 1616. He was to complete the work in … House of Correction with water. 10 In 1779 she sold the waterworks to Jerome Dring of York for £7,000; the capital …
A History of the County of York East Riding
… did. 30 An attempt was made to establish a private waterworks in 1873, but it was opposed by the corporation and … however, 32 and another private attempt to promote a waterworks Bill in 1881 was successful. It was said that … 40 public pumps in the town. 33 The same year the Beverley Waterworks Co. started to sink a borehole and build a …
A History of the County of York East Riding
… of Anlaby. 31 The three original proprietors of the waterworks had divided the property between them in 1613, and … erected numerous pumps on its property; 36 repairs to the waterworks were carried out in 1735; 37 and elm trees were … in various streets in 1736 and 1740. 38 The horse-operated waterworks were nevertheless unable to keep pace with the …
Old and New London
… GrandfatherPutney BridgeThe Aqueduct of the Chelsea Waterworks. In this chapter we have, fortunately, to guide us … Thames, is now wholly lost by the aqueduct of the Chelsea Waterworks Company, which spans the stream on massive …