A01=Tom Quayle
Author_Tom Quayle
Category=WQH
cholera
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J F Bateman
Longendale Valley
Manchester
Manchester Corporation Waterworks Committee
municipal water supply
North West Water
reservoirs
typhoid
victorian
victorian era
Victorian water-engineer
water-borne diseases
Product details
- ISBN 9780752431987
- Weight: 300g
- Dimensions: 165 x 235mm
- Publication Date: 01 Dec 2005
- Publisher: The History Press Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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This is the engaging story of how Manchester built the world's first municipal water supply in the Longendale Valley in the 1840s - 70s. Original images from the archives of North West Water, document the largest chain of reservoirs ever built at that time. The account demonstrates how the city helped beat cholera, typhoid and other water-borne diseases, factories and cotton mills in the valleys around Manchester. Tom Quayle's first-hand experiences are backed by information extracted from the Victorian water-engineer - J. F. Bateman's - handwritten reports to the Manchester Corporation Waterworks Committee.
