Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,257 pages of information and 244,498 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Southwark Waterworks Co

From Graces Guide

1822 London Bridge Waterworks was dissolved and its water supply licence was purchased by the New River Co.

The Borough Waterworks Co purchased the licence from the New River Company later that same year, and it was renamed the Southwark Water Co.

Mr Quick Senior was Engineer of the Southwark Waterworks Co

The company drew its supply from the Thames at Bankside.

1844 Joseph Quick was appointed Engineer to the Company.

1845 The Southwark and Vauxhall Water Co was formed by the amalgamation of the Southwark Co and the Vauxhall Waterworks Co[1]


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Sources of Information

  1. The Times, May 13, 1891