Manchester Corporation, hydraulic power services
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Manchester, Manchester, Greater Manchester, North West, England
Sectors:
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Utility services
Hydraulic power services
Notes:
1891 Corporation acquired parliamentary authority to provide hydraulic power service, notably to warehouses and textile mills. Opened 1894. Overtaken by electric power provision post 1945. Service closed 1972
Publications:
- An Unusual Alliance. The Manchester trade and hydraulic power by Byatt, Jack
- 'Manchester hydraulic power' in B Pugh, The Hydraulic Age. Public power supplies before electricity by Pugh, Brinley
- Notes on hydraulic power supply in towns. Glasgow, Manchester, Buenos Aires, etc by Ellington, E B
- Provision of hydraulic power in Manchester, 1894-1972 by Brumhead, Derek
Groups:
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Manchester, Manchester, Greater Manchester, North West, England
Sectors:
- Utility services Hydraulic power services
Notes:
1891 Corporation acquired parliamentary authority to provide hydraulic power service, notably to warehouses and textile mills. Opened 1894. Overtaken by electric power provision post 1945. Service closed 1972Publications:
- An Unusual Alliance. The Manchester trade and hydraulic power by Byatt, Jack
- 'Manchester hydraulic power' in B Pugh, The Hydraulic Age. Public power supplies before electricity by Pugh, Brinley
- Notes on hydraulic power supply in towns. Glasgow, Manchester, Buenos Aires, etc by Ellington, E B
- Provision of hydraulic power in Manchester, 1894-1972 by Brumhead, Derek