When this authority was formed it took over responsibility for water supply from a number of other bodies including the Metropolitan Water Board.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Thames Water
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Enfield Millennium Fountain
The Millennium Fountain by Wendy Taylor CBE. Unveiled by the Worshipful the M...
New River Head windmill
The Round House Remains of the windmill used c.1709 - 1720 to pump water from...
Whitechapel fatberg
We wonder what the various shapes in the design represent? Nappy wipes and ot...
Other Subjects
Pimlico District Heating Undertaking
The first district heating system built in the UK, with the UK's largest thermal store, the accumulator. It supplies heat to 3,256 homes, 50 business premises and three schools. Owned and managed b...
Marshall Amplification
A company that specialises in the design and manufacture of music amplifiers and speaker cabinets. Founded by Jim Marshall, and now based in Bletchley, Milton Keynes. See Jim Marshall for how the ...
George Alexander Chisnall
A boilermaker on the RMS Titanic. A résumé of his life can be found on the Encyclopedia Titanica website. He is also commemorated on a memorial at Craigton Cemetery, Berryknowes Road, Glasgow, and...
Whitechapel Bell Foundry
This foundry is the oldest manufacturing company in the UK and is still making bells at 32/34 Whitechapel Road. Probably their most famous creation is Big Ben (we thank Alice, a member of a childre...
first gas-lit street in the world
The first public street lighting with gas was demonstrated in Pall Mall by Frederick Winsor in 1807. Â In January he lit the street and in June he put on a special gas-lit exhibition here, celebrati...

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