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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