Collection GB 0074 ACC/1387 - EAST LONDON WATER WORKS

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 ACC/1387

Title

EAST LONDON WATER WORKS

Date(s)

  • 1899-1903 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

0.05 linear metres

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Plans for the construction of two reservoirs and diversion of the River Lea were drawn up by the East London Water Works Company, partly in Tottenham and Edmonton and partly in Chingford and Walthamstow. The works were carried out under the East London Water Works Act, 1897 and were intended to secure a greater supply of water for an increasing population and to provide a reserve of water in case of drought. The works were executed by Messrs. Pearson and Son and the formal opening ceremony took place on 8 June 1903.

Archival history

The records were found amongst the archives of the Portsmouth Water Company, deposited (1975) in the Portsmouth City Record Office. The presence of the contract drawings is presumably a result of the visit in 1903.
GB 0074 ACC/1387 1899-1903 Collection 0.05 linear metres East London Water Works Company

Plans for the construction of two reservoirs and diversion of the River Lea were drawn up by the East London Water Works Company, partly in Tottenham and Edmonton and partly in Chingford and Walthamstow. The works were carried out under the East London Water Works Act, 1897 and were intended to secure a greater supply of water for an increasing population and to provide a reserve of water in case of drought. The works were executed by Messrs. Pearson and Son and the formal opening ceremony took place on 8 June 1903.

The records were found amongst the archives of the Portsmouth Water Company, deposited (1975) in the Portsmouth City Record Office. The presence of the contract drawings is presumably a result of the visit in 1903.

Received in 1977.

Records of the East London Water Works Company, 1899-1903, consisting of contract drawings and a timetable of a visit made by members of Portsmouth Water Works Company to East London Water Works.

Two items

Available for general access.

Copyright rests with the depositor.
English

Fit

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MR/UP (NS) 69
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. July to October 2009 Water resources management Water supply Information sources Documents Business records Visual materials Drawings Technical drawings Waterworks Industrial facilities Facilities Company archives East London Water Works Company Illustrations

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Received in 1977.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Records of the East London Water Works Company, 1899-1903, consisting of contract drawings and a timetable of a visit made by members of Portsmouth Water Works Company to East London Water Works.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Two items

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright rests with the depositor.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

MR/UP (NS) 69

Finding aids

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Notes area

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Description control area

Description identifier

Institution identifier

London Metropolitan Archives

Rules and/or conventions used

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Status

Level of detail

Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

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    Sources

    Accession area