2-634-883 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Laying of a big water main by the Southwark and Vauxhall Water Company, London, c1902 (1903). The Southwark and Vauxhall Waterworks Company was formed by the merger of the Southwark and Vauxhall Water Companies in 1845 and became part of the publicly owned Metropolitan Water Board in 1903. From Living London, Vol. III, by George R. Sims. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1903]