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The main block of the treatment plant is a three-story, three-bay wide mass topped by a hipped, battened metal roof, with flanking stepped back two-story sections. Also on the property are three storage reservoirs for treated water, dating from 1887, 1940 and the 1950s. [2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. [1]
The City of Nottingham Water Department (1912–1974), formerly the Nottingham Corporation Water Department (1880–1912), was responsible for the supply of water to Nottingham from 1880 to 1974. [1] The first water supply company in the town was the Nottingham Waterworks Company, established in 1696, which took water from the River Leen , and ...
The link between water supply and water-borne diseases such as cholera and typhoid was established in the 1850s, and the need to supply clean filtered water resulted in a series of projects, which steadily moved further to the north of the city. Park Works pumping station and Belle View Reservoir were in the city, and were both completed in ...
Fed principally by the Flat River, Lake Michie is the primary reservoir for the city of Durham. The reservoir dam was completed in 1926. [1] In addition to retaining drinking water for the city, the concrete and earthwork dam, built between 1924 and 1926, supplied hydroelectric power to Durham until 1960, when the generators were removed. [2]
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The city kept the same outer boundaries, but did gain an exclave from Nottinghamshire containing the Shire Hall. [8] [9] Nottingham kept its borough and city statuses and its lord mayoralty. [10] [11] In 1998, Nottingham City Council regained responsibility for county-level services from Nottinghamshire County Council.
North Carolina is a state located in the Southern United States.According to the 2020 United States census, North Carolina is the 9th-most populous state with 10,439,388 inhabitants, but the 28th-largest by land area spanning 53,819 square miles (139,390 km 2) of land.
The Park is a private estate, managed by Nottingham Park Estate Ltd, a company governed by Act of Parliament. [13] Living on the estate incurs both council tax and a local charge ('Park Rates'). The park rates cover maintenance of roads, pavements, the gas light network, the trees and the public green spaces.