Hampstead Water Co
From Graces Guide
1693 Company established[1]; the ponds at Hampstead were vested in the company.
1848 Henry P. Hakewill was the engineer[2]
1853 Supplied water in the Hampstead area from springs at Hampstead and Kenwood, 2 artesian wells and, temporarily, the New River; the company was sinking a new well to reach the greensand[3] but the geology was not sufficiently well understood and it proved to be unsuccessful.
1856 Taken over by the New River Co[4]
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