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Melbourn and Meldreth Gas and Water Works

Catalogue reference: Q/RUm/142

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Q/RUm/142
Title
Melbourn and Meldreth Gas and Water Works
Description

Description:

1. Construction of a well and water pumping station opposite Heath Farm, Melbourn

2. Construction of a covered high service reservoir, north of Heath Farm, Melbourn

3. Construction of gasworks at Meldreth, on the road to Chiswick End.

4. Construction of conduits from the pumping station to Melbourn and Meldreth.

All these works to be carried out in the parishes of Melbourn, Meldreth and Shepreth, all in the county of Cambridgeshire.

Comprising:

- Plans and sections. 5 sheets, each 22 x 29.

- Ordnance survey sheet, scale 1 inch to mile, showing area of supply.

- Copy of provisional order.

Scales:

- Plan of gas works and pumping station: 20 feet to 1 inch

- Plan showing proposed works and routes of conduits: 90 feet to 1 inch

- Plan showing proposed pumping station and conduits: 90 feet to 1 inch

- Sections: Vertical 50 feet to 1 inch; Horizontal 900 feet to 1 inch

Engineer:

- George H. Robus

For Act see:

- 4 Edw. VII, 1904 ch. 182.

Held by
Cambridgeshire Archives
Language
English
Immediate source of acquisition

Plan deposited Not endorsed by Clerk of the Peace, but marked 'Lodged 23 April, 1904'.

Record URL
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Melbourn and Meldreth Gas and Water Works