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The Birmingham Corporation Act of 1875 empowered Birmingham Corporation to purchase the Birmingham Waterworks Company. The transaction was supervised by the Mayor of Birmingham, Joseph Chamberlain, and completed on 1 January 1876 for the sum of £1,350,000 (equivalent to £160,405,360 in 2023) [2]. Chamberlain declared to a House of Commons ...
Blue Plaques at Leeds University. St George's Field, part of the University of Leeds campus, is the former Woodhouse Cemetery, where is buried Pablo Fanque (William Darby), who was a black circus proprietor for 30 years during the Victorian period. [125] [126] Fanque's wife, Susannah Darby, is also buried at the cemetery. There is a monument ...
She also works with industry on five Innovate UK funded projects to accelerate the development of QT gravity gradiometers. [ 8 ] Metje has over 40 published journal papers, and 40 refereed conference papers in the field of coastal engineering , geotechnical engineering , infrastructure monitoring and sensor development. [ 2 ]
Acts passed before 1963 are cited using this number, preceded by the year(s) of the reign during which the relevant parliamentary session was held; thus the Union with Ireland Act 1800 is cited as "39 & 40 Geo. 3 c. 67", meaning the 67th act passed during the session that started in the 39th year of the reign of George III and which finished in ...
The Birmingham Corporation Water Department was set up in 1876 to supply water to Birmingham, up until 1974 when its responsibilities were transferred to Severn Trent Water. Most of Birmingham's water is supplied by the Elan aqueduct, [378] opened in 1904; water is fed by gravity to Frankley Reservoir, Frankley, and Bartley Reservoir, Bartley ...
An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders made by the Board of Trade under the Gas and Water Works Facilities Act, 1870, [n] relating to Dyserth, Meliden, and Prestatyn Water, Harwich Water, Henley-on-Thames Water, Newport and Pillgwenlly Water, Newhaven and Seaford Water, and Poole Water.
Frankley Water Treatment Works is a drinking water plant at Frankley, Birmingham, England. Owned by Severn Trent Water , it supplies drinking water to Birmingham and the surrounding area. The plant treats water from the Elan Valley in Wales , which arrives at Frankley Reservoir by gravity feed along the Elan aqueduct with a gradient of 1 in 2,300.
University of Leeds Campus 1825 Grade II listed building (5 August 1976) 53°48'25.769"N, 1°33'17.046"W: 1256277: Botany House, University of Leeds: University of Leeds School of Education building (Q26547166) University of Leeds Campus 1872 Grade II listed building (11 September 1996) 53°48'22.637"N, 1°33'9.752"W: 1255587