'Development of Victorian infrastructure. The example of Portsmouth' in D C Proctor & I l Whyte (eds), Proceedings of Institution of Civil Engineers North Western Association Centenary Conference. Infrastructure, renovation and control

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Uses Portsmouth as a case study in analysing issues common to 19th century municipalities in the process of infrastructure development and which might have current relevance in the process of utility improvement. Deals with general issues such as administrative framework, experience of early water supply development, public health agitation and national legislation, and for Portsmouth in particular deals with process of improvement in drainage, high pressure water supply, roadworks, response to public health legislation, opposition and obstruction from third parties and reasons for this