1983
TQ1369 : Hampton Waterworks 1983
taken 41 years ago, near to Hampton, Richmond Upon Thames, England
Hampton Waterworks 1983
This shows two former steam pumping stations on this very extensive site. Trees now obscure the second range of building from this site. In 1852 the First Metropolis Water Act was passed, forbidding the abstraction of fresh (!) water from the tidal River Thames. This provided the impetus for development of waterworks at Hampton and by 1855 the Southwark& Vauxhall, the Grand Junction and the West Middlesex water companies had all established works here. In 1903 the Metropolitan Water Board was formed and assumed responsibility for all the Hampton works. Control passed to Thames Water Authority in 1973.
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