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Reference Number496.5 BA9360/B5/Box 1/1
Hierarchy Browser Number8001/1/2/8/1
TitleEngine, Reservoir, and Water Rate Committee (with Lamp Committee)
DescriptionHandwritten minutes of the committee. Matters discussed include tendering and purchase; goods, materials and work to be done (e.g. plumbing, culverts, fire plugs); alterations, improvements and extentions e.g. to reservoir; complaints regarding irregular water supply in parts of the city and conduct of employees; bills paid to named individuals for specified goods and services; fuel supplies, including requests from other corporation premises for a loan of coal; reports of the committee. With inserted bound pages of Engine Committee minutes for 1848 and 1849.

At the back of the volume are the minutes of the Lamp Committee dated 1840 to 1845, mostly concerned with the provision of public street lighting, with a copy of the Agreement concerning the lighting and water supply to Worcester.
Date1840-1848
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