Records of the Metropolitan Water Board Chief Engineer's Department, including letter books of the Chief Engineer; personnel papers; contracts; Chief Engineer reports; volumes relating to districts of the Board (Southern District, Northern District, Kent District, New River District, Eastern District, Western District); papers relating to the Staines Reservoir Communications Works; reports on reservoirs and equipment trials. Also Registry files on a variety of subjects including accidents, burst mains, contracts, pumping stations, British Waterworks Association, chemical treatment, complaints, drownings, filtration, examination of water, hydrants, water supply, the Institution of Water Engineers, computers, mains distribution, Parliamentary bills, sewage, recreational use of reservoirs, statistics, improvement of supply and floods.
Metropolitan Water BoardRecords of the Metropolitan Water Board Clerk's Department. Apart from the principal file registries, there are also series of plans, photographs, signed contracts, parliamentary papers and a collection of 'exhibits' culled from the archives of the predecessor companies by a Thames Water officer. The files relate to various subjects including water supply, water mains, property, staff, use of reservoirs, water treatment, water fittings, ceremonial openings, tenders, agreements, claims, air raid precautions, finances, maintenance and predecessor companies.
Metropolitan Water BoardRecords of the Metropolitan Water Board relating to the Croydon Corporation Waterworks, comprising plans from the Engineering Department including Croydon Corporation Waterworks; Waddon Pumping Station; Stroud Green Waterworks; Surrey Street Pumping Station and water mains, ponds, wells and rivers.
Metropolitan Water BoardRecords of the Metropolitan Water Board, including minutes and related papers for the Board; the Appeal and Assessment Committee; the Works and Stores Committee; the Stores Account Sub-committee; the Special Co-ordinating Committee and the Special Arbitration Committee.
Metropolitan Water BoardRecords of the Metropolitan Water Board Solicitor's Department, including claims files; dispute files; legal case papers and Parliamentary papers. Also Registry files relating to a variety of topics including conveyancing, litigation, Parliament, contracts and tenders, accidents, land sales and purchase, leases, licences, mortgages and loans, staffing, inventions and patents.
Metropolitan Water BoardRecords of the Metropolitan Water Board Survey Department, including terrier volumes; registered dockets; files on land acquired; deeds registers; and files regarding rates assessments.
Metropolitan Water BoardRecords of the Metropolitan Water Board Treasurers and Comptrollers Department, including detailed balance sheets; Water Fund general ledgers; general journals; cash accounts ledgers; superannuation volumes; capital ledgers; borrowing powers volumes; investments volumes; mortgage sinking fund volumes; stock volumes; audit files; files relating to stocks and shares; mortgage loans files; registers of bankruptcies and liquidations and salary records.
Metropolitan Water BoardRecords of the Metropolitan Water Board Water Examination Department, comprising annual reports, monthly reports and research reports.
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