Chester Waterworks Co
Other Business Names:
- Hopkins, John
- Hadley, John
- Williams, John
- Dee Valley Group
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Chester, Cheshire West & Chester, Cheshire, North West, England
Sectors:
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Utility services
Water supply & wastewater services
Notes:
Origins of a conduit system at Chester date to 14th century but subsequently decayed. From at least 1600 Chester Corporation granted rights to entrepreneurs to supply water to Chester through extraction from River Dee. John Hopkins of Birmingham and John Hadley of Worcester given these rights in 1692. 1698 conveyed to John Williams and others. 1826 Chester Waterworks Co established. Reconstituted 1857. Subsequently a PLC. Acquired by Dee Valley Group in 1997
Publications:
- Brief History of the Water Supply in Chester by Fitzsimmons, M, et al
- Chester Waterworks Company, 1857-1957 by Unknown
- Chester Waterworks Company. Descriptive brochure by Unknown
- Description of the Water Works of Chester Waterworks Company by Bennett, C W
- Paper mills of Chester by Malley, Mike
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Hopkins, John
- Hadley, John
- Williams, John
- Dee Valley Group
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Chester, Cheshire West & Chester, Cheshire, North West, England
Sectors:
- Utility services Water supply & wastewater services
Notes:
Origins of a conduit system at Chester date to 14th century but subsequently decayed. From at least 1600 Chester Corporation granted rights to entrepreneurs to supply water to Chester through extraction from River Dee. John Hopkins of Birmingham and John Hadley of Worcester given these rights in 1692. 1698 conveyed to John Williams and others. 1826 Chester Waterworks Co established. Reconstituted 1857. Subsequently a PLC. Acquired by Dee Valley Group in 1997Publications:
- Brief History of the Water Supply in Chester by Fitzsimmons, M, et al
- Chester Waterworks Company, 1857-1957 by Unknown
- Chester Waterworks Company. Descriptive brochure by Unknown
- Description of the Water Works of Chester Waterworks Company by Bennett, C W
- Paper mills of Chester by Malley, Mike