North West Water Authority,
Eastern Division.
1814-1972 (24 shelves)
(Records of predecessor bodies)
Manchester and Salford Waterworks Co.
Records including Directors minutes, 1836-1843 (1 volume) and revenue
ledger, 1814-1815.
Manchester Corporation Waterworks.
Records including committee minutes, 1848-1966 (103 volumes);
minutes of special sub-committees, 1928-1949; committee and sub-committees
attendance book, 1880-1891; committee resolutions and instructions,
1894-1947; Thirlmere sub-committee papers, 1878-1908, including
petitions against bill and report of owners and ratepayers meeting,
1878 and specifications etc. for pipe-line, 1908; minutes and
instruction book of sub-committee for supply of water and proposed
new works, 1868-1879 (2 volumes); hydraulic power sub-committee
minutes, 1890-1894 (1 volume); Haweswater works and estate executive
sub-committee minutes, 1925-1930 (1 volume); agreements for supply
of water, 1872-1873 (1 volume); committee resolutions, 1888-1921
(4 volumes); sealing order books, 1910-1929 (2 volumes); newspaper
cuttings scrapbooks, 1914-1972 (7 volumes); minutes of evidence
given before Parliamentary select committee on Manchester Corporation
Waterworks Bills (2 volumes), with related papers, 1879-1919;
agreements for hydraulic power supply, 1895-1972 (approximately
4 boxes); agreements for the use of keys for street valves, 1894-1955
(6 volumes); records of premises supplied, 1894-1972 (5 volumes);
summary of machines working from hydraulic mains, 19th century-1968;
inspectors reports on consumers machinery, 1894-1925 (5 volumes);
test certificates and applications for inspection 1894-1959 (5
volumes, 1 file and 1 bundle); well water records, 1909-1933 (2
volumes); night output records, 1928-1944 (2 volumes); change
of tenancy books, 1895-1937; records relating to machinery and
fittings connected and removed, 1925-1972 and service pipes,1894-1943;
Mechanical and Engineering Section committee resolutions and instructions,
1931-1956 (3 files); information for distribution sub-committee,
1955-1967 (1 bundle); committee reports, 1967-1972 (1 file); specifications
etc., 1892-1927 and no date (3 boxes); pumping station log records,
1964-1972 (4 files); hydraulic power supply pamphlets, 1896-1948;
printed material relating to the waterworks, comprising history
and description, 1884 and official and government reports, 1962-1971
(10 items).
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