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Miscellaneous documents

Reference: D/X 596 Catalogue Title: Miscellaneous documents Area: Catalogue Category: Other Records Description: County Durham waterworks, reservoir and drainage plans

Covering Dates: 1866-1920

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Records given, 2 April 1979

(Acc: 1149(D))

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Miscellaneous documents - County Durham waterworks (Ref: D/X 596/1-90)Maps, plans and sections re Waskerley Park and Tunstall Reservoirs, for the Weardale and Shildon Water Co., 1866 - 1888 (Ref: D/X 596/1-40)

Plan of River Wear and its tributaries showing the whole drainage area and the part intended to be utilized by the Weardale and Shildon District Water Co., giving population of Parishes, n.d. [1866] No scale
(1 Plan, 110cm x 68cm, waxed linen, coloured)


Plan, being an amended version of D/X 596/1 above, with schedule of drainage areas of Wolsingham, Bishop Auckland, Durham Water Works and Henderson's Works, 28 May 1866 No scale
(1 plan, 105cm x 69cm, waxed linen, coloured)


Plan of rock strata at summit of Cross Fell, Flinty Fell, Kilhope Law, Shorngate Hill and Dead Friars, n.d. [1866] Scale: 100 feet to 1 inch [1:1,200]
(1 plan, 80cm x 20cm, waxed linen, coloured)


Copy of D/X 596/2 above, 29 May 1866 No scale
(1 plan, 116cm x 75cm, waxed linen, coloured)


Copy of D/X 596/2 above, 29 May 1866 No scale
(1 plan, 116cm x 78cm, waxed linen, coloured)


Part plan of Waskerley Park showing positions and altitudes of the 6 rain gauges, with the positions and drainage areas of the sills nos. 1 and 2 and trough fixed for the Weardale and Shildon Water Co., 11 June 1866 Scale: 6 inches to 1 mile [1:10560]
(1 plan, 74cm x 52cm, waxed linen, coloured)


Plan of Waskerley Reservoir, cross section through trial shafts and sections of strata through trial shafts, with schedule of relative dimensions of Waskerley and Tunstall Reservoirs, 25 February 1868 Scales: 1 inch to 100 feet [1:1,200] 1/8 inch to 1 foot [1:96]
(1 plan, 57cm x 50cm, waxed linen, coloured)


Copy of section of slip-piece, 19 February 1869 Scale: 1 inch to 3 feet [1:36]
(1 plan, 36cm x 38cm, coloured)


Plan of sections of clay hole at Weardale Waterworks, Waskerley Park Reservoir, 8 June 1870 Scale: 1 inch to 66 feet [1:792]
(1 plan, 94cm x 63cm, waxed linen, coloured)


Sketch plan of embankment and elevation of piers at Waskerley Park Reservoir, n.d. [1870] No scale
(1 plan, 76cm x 50cm, pencil)


Section of tower at A.B. and of 3 feet x 1 foot 6 inches and 1 foot 6 inches diameter sluices, Weardale W[ater] W[orks], 29 July 1870 Scale: 1/16 inch to 1 foot [1:192]
(1 plan, 20cm x 31cm)


Plan of position of slip piece adjoining tunnel on the inlet side and longitudinal line of top of slip piece, Weardale Water Co., n.d. [1871] No scale
(1 plan, 32cm x 24cm, coloured)


Copy of D/X 596/12 above, 13 April 1871 No scale
(1 plan, 32cm x 27cm, coloured)


Section through [base of dam] at Waskerley Reservoir showing slip pieces, n.d. [1871] Scale: 1/8 inch to 1 foot [1:96]
(1 plan, 29cm x 28cm, ink and pencil)


Longitudinal and vertical sections [of sluice], Waskerley Park Reservoir, 7 April 1871 No scale
(1 plan, 78cm x 42cm, pencil)


Plan of the valley showing the positions of the trial shafts, Tunstall Reservoir, Weardale and Shildon District Water Works Co., 18 July 1872 Scale: 8 chains to 1 inch [1:6336]
(1 plan, 63cm x 49cm, coloured)


Section between puddle trench and bend in the stream along the foot of Blackstone Bank, Tunstall Reservoir, 3 October 1873 Scale: 20 feet to 1 inch [1:240]
(1 plan, 103cm x 52cm, ink)


Section of trial shafts in site of proposed reservoir near North Beechburn, Weardale Water Works, 21 May 1871 No scale
(1 plan, 42cm x 34cm, coloured)


Plans of C. I. Girders, Tunstall Reservoir, 20 March 1878 Scale: 121 inches to 1 foot [1:8]
(1 plan, 58cm x 68cm, ink, coloured)


Section of the west end of the puddle-trench showing stratification, Tunstall Reservoir, 13 September 1877 Scale: 20 feet to 1 inch [1:240]
(1 plan)


Plan of piles for puddle-trench, Tunstall Reservoir, n.d. [c.1877] Scale: 3 inches to 1 foot [1:4]
(1 plan, 96cm x 62cm, coloured)


Diagrams showing quantity of water passing the east end of puddle trench and progress of the relief drift, Tunstall Reservoir, 7 September -29 September 1878 No scale
(5 plans, 37cm x 45cm, coloured)


Sections through strata below Tunstall Reservoir, n.d. [1878] Scale: 10 feet to 1 inch [1:120]
(1 plan, 148cm x 77cm, coloured)


Plan and sections showing width of puddle trench at east end, Tunstall Reservoir, 25 January 1879 Scale: 20 feet
(1 plan, 73cm x 50cm, pencil)


Plan and sections of Tow Law Reservoir, 5 October 1876 Scale: 20 feet to 1 inch [1:240]
(1 plan, 65cm x 85cm, coloured)


Sketch plan for valve house, Tunstall Reservoir, July 1875 Scale: 1/4 inch to 1 foot [1:48]
(1 plan, 66cm x 53cm, pencil, coloured)


Tracing referred to in letter from C. H. to Mr. H., 10 December 1879 Scale: 20 feet to 1 inch [1:240]
(1 plan, 72cm x 15cm, pencil)


Diagrams showing quantity of water passing the east end of puddle trench, Tunstall Reservoir, 18 December 1879 and 2 April 1880 No scale
(2 plans, 37cm x 49cm, ink, coloured)


Sections of alternative methods for connecting the rain water pipe at the bottom of the column in the filter beds at Waskerley Park, 19 July 1880 Scale: 1-21 inches to 1 foot [1:8]
(1 plan, 38cm x 50cm, coloured)


Section [through part of Tunstall Reservoir?], Weardale Water Works, 13 April 1881 Scale: 21 inch to 1 foot [1:24]
(1 plan, 74cm x 45cm, coloured)


Sketch [of a section of River Wear] showing a breakwater for the Weardale and Shildon District Water Works Co., Engineer's Office, South Road, Bishop Auckland, 14 March 1881
(1 paper)


Section showing shaft out of plumb at Waskerley Reservoir, 20 June 1872 Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]
(1 plan, 34cm x 21cm, pencil)


Plan showing fractures [in a Weardale Waterworks construction], n.d. [c.1881] Scale: 3/4 inch to 1 foot [1:16]
(1 plan, 34cm x 94cm, coloured)


Longitudinal and transverse sections of Waskerley Reservoir byewash, 3 May 1881 Scale: 40 feet to 1 inch [1:480]
(1 plan, 101cm x 76cm, coloured)


Sketch section of byewash, Tunstall Reservoir, adopted February 1888
(1 paper)

Maps, plans and sections re Weardale and Consett Waterworks, 1894 - 1920 (Ref: D/X 596/41-90)

Plan of proposed junction of pipe line with existing catchway, Weardale and Consett Waterworks, 9 May 1903 Scale: 2 chains to 1 inch [1:1584]
(1 plan, 77cm x 63cm, ink and pencil, coloured)


Plan showing Smiddy Shaw Reservoir filter beds [and pipe line], Wearside and Consett Water Co., 4 July 1904 Scale: 25 inches to 1 mile [1:2,500]
(1 plan, 47cm x 47cm, waxed linen, ink, coloured)


Details of working barrel and rising main, with detail of flange (full size), Consett Water Co. by Robinson, Cooks and Co., Atlas Foundry, St. Helens, Lancashire, n.d. [c.1902] Scale: 121 inches to 1 foot [1:8]
(1 plan, 73cm x 45cm, waxed linen, ink, coloured)


Sketch showing screw for lowering pipes, Consett Water Works, by Robinson Cooks and Co., Engineers, St. Helens, 7 May 1902 Scale: 21 inch to 1 foot [1:24]
(1 plan, 93cm x 36cm, ink, coloured)


Blueprint showing detail of cover for delivery elbow of rising main, Consett Waterworks, 25 July 1904 Scale: full size
(1 plan, 99cm x 72cm)


Detail of built compound girder, Consett W[ater] Contract 5, by Robinson, Cooks and Co., 3 June 1902 Scale: 3 inches to 1 foot [1:4]
(1 plan, 25cm x 35cm, ink, coloured)


Section of well at cistern foundations, Presser Mine Pumping Station, Consett Waterworks, 3 June 1902 No scale
(1 plan, 45cm x 25cm, pencil)


Sections of spears and rubbing pieces, Presser Mine Pumping Station, Consett Waterworks, 6 June 1902 Scale: 1-21 inches to 1 foot [1:8]
(1 plan, 87cm x 57cm, pencil)


Plan of arrangement of staging in well, Consett Waterworks, Presser Mine Pumping Station, n.d. [1902] Scales: 1/8 inch to 1 foot [1:96] 1 inch to 1 foot [1:12]
(1 plan, 96cm x 42cm, waxed linen, ink)


Sketch of spot levels on Bollihope Burn, Weardale and Consett Water, 31 October 1914 No scale
(1 plan, 25cm x 40cm, ink, coloured)


Plan of West Mill Estate, waterworks and service reservoir, Bishop Auckland U.D.C., 1915 Scale: 1:2500
(1 plan, 43cm x 43cm, waxed linen, ink, coloured)


Diagram illustrating flow of River Wear and compensation water, 14 May 1915 No scale
(1 plan, 24cm x 32cm, waxed linen, ink)


Plan showing interference with Burnhope Water at Sallygrain Lane, Weardale and Consett Water Co., c. 1915 Scale: 6 inches to 1 mile [1:10560]
(1 plan, 43cm x 34cm, waxed linen, ink)


Blueprint of proposed arrangement of Lea Recorder and Height Indicator to measure 6 million gallons of water per day and height up to 6 feet at Burnhope Burn, for Weardale and Consett Water Company by the Lea Recorder Co. Ltd., Deansgate, Manchester, 9 May 1916 Scale: 1/2 inch to 1 foot [1:24]
(1 plan, 98cm x 60cm)


Diagram of flow of water over gauge, Weardale and Consett Water, 17 May 1916
(1 plan, 70cm x 43cm, pencil)


Plan of lands in the parish of Lanchester belonging to the Dean and Chapter of Durham showing part taken by Consett District Water Works for pipe lines, n.d. [c.1916] Scale: 293.33 yards to 1 inch [1:10,560]
(1 plan, 76cm x 47cm, ink, coloured)


Plan and sections of the weir and mill race, West Mill, Bishop Auckland, Weardale and Consett Water Co., 12 April 1920 Scale: 25 inches to 1 mile [1:2500]
(1 plan, 71cm x 88cm, waxed linen, ink, coloured)


Section of the weir (River Wear) West Mills, Bishop Auckland, 28 April 1920 No scale
(1 plan, 36cm x 29cm, waxed linen, ink, coloured)


Blueprint for general plan of water works, Bishop Auckland U.D.C. by Wilcox and Raikes, civil engineers, Westminster and Birmingham,(used in opposition [to] Weardale and Consett Bill), 1920 Scale: 1:1250
(1 plan, 76cm x 67cm)


Blueprint compensation water diagram, Bishop Auckland U.D.C. (used in opposition to Weardale and Consett Water Bill), 1920
(1 plan, 32cm x 40cm, coloured)


Map of Water Areas in County Durham by A.B.E. Blackburn showing route of proposed pipeline from Burnhope Reservoir to Houghton-le-Spring, (used by Sunderland Water in opposition to Weardale and Consett Bill), 1920 Scale: 1/2 inch to 1 mile [1:126,720]
(1 plan, 76cm x 61cm, waxed linen, ink, coloured)


Duplicate of D/X 596/61 above


Graph of actual average daily consumption, 1891-1920, Sunderland and South Shields Water Co., April 1920
(1 plan, 53cm x 49cm, waxed linen, ink, coloured)


Graph of quantities of water passing over the sill at Burnhope Gauge, 1916 - 1917
(1 plan, 58cm x 48cm, coloured)


Graph as specified in D/X 596/64 above, 1918 -1920
(1 plan, 53cm x 45cm, ink, coloured)


Details of gauge at Burnhope Burn, 14 April 1920 No scale
(1 plan, 62cm x 25cm, waxed linen, coloured)


Plan of River Wear and its tributaries between source and Bishop Auckland, by T. and C. Hawksley, civil engineers, Westminster (for Weardale and Consett Water Co., Parliamentary Session 1920), March 1920 Scale: 1 inch to 1 mile [1: 63,360]
(1 plan, 90cm x 47cm, waxed linen, ink, coloured)


Graphs of average consumption per day (Weardale and Consett combined), 1881 - 1919, April 1920
(1 file, paper and waxed linen)


Graph of proposed meter scales, Weardale and Consett Water Co., 6 December 1919
(1 plan, 34cm x 20cm, waxed linen)


Plan of concrete terminals, Hisehope Reservoir, Consett Water, n.d. [c.1897] Scale: 41 inch to 1 foot [1:48]
(1 plan, 75cm x 106cm, pencil, coloured)


Sketch plan showing ground on line of outlet tunnel immediately below puddle trench, Hisehope Reservoir, 1 December 1897 Scale 1/4 inch to 1 foot [1:48]
(1 plan, 28cm x 21cm, ink, coloured)


Plan of proposed alteration of tunnel outlet, Hisehope Reservoir, n.d. [c.1897] Scale: 10 feet to 1 inch [1:120]
(1 plan, 98cm x 72cm, waxed linen, ink, coloured)


Plan and sections of catchwater no.4 overflow weir [Hisehope Reservoir], 5 November 1904 Scale: 20 feet to 1 inch [1:240]
(1 plan, 101cm x 73cm, pencil, coloured)


Sketch of enlarged section part of Drawing No.36, February 1905 No scale
(1 plan, 50cm x 39cm, pencil)


Blueprint of plan of arrangement and details of index gear, drip tray, lubricators, door hinges, locks and key, and index plate,by James Simpson and Co., London for Consett Water Works, n.d
(1 plan, 95cm x 65cm)


Blueprint plan of proposed penstock,by Glenfield and Kennedy Ltd., hydraulic and sanitary engineers, Kilmarnock for Messrs. T. and C. Hawksley, London, 6 October 1904 Scale: 121 inches to 1 foot [1:8]
(1 plan, 68cm x 65cm)


Blueprint plan showing details of headstock for penstock,by Glenfield and Kennedy Ltd., for Hisehope Reservoir, 28 [December] 1904 Scale: half size
(1 plan, 66cm x 100cm)


Blueprint plan showing details of bracket and wheel for carrying balance weight by Glenfield and Kennedy Ltd., for Hisehope Reservoir, 2 December 1904 Scale: half size
(1 plan, 90cm x 60cm)


Blueprint plan showing arrangement of penstock, by Glenfield and Kennedy Ltd., for Hisehope Reservoir: 13 December 1904 Scale: 121 inches to 1 foot [1:8]
(1 plan, 69cm x 72cm)


Blueprint plan of S feet 6 inches x 3 feet penstock, by Glenfield and Kennedy Ltd., for Hisehope Reservoir [December] 1910 Scale: 3 inches to 1 foot [1:4]
(1 plan, 70cm x 92cm)


Plan of cottage drains, Hisehope Reservoir, 19 May 1905 Scale: 66 feet to 1 inch [1:792]
(1 plan, 38cm x 51cm, ink and pencil, coloured)


Blueprint plan of water level recorder, by Glenfield and Kennedy Ltd., for Weardale and Consett Water, 190[5] Scale: 3 inches to 1 foot [1:4]
(1 plan, 45cm x 51cm)


Blueprint plan of general arrangement of 8 day water level recorder for a depth of 12 feet of water, by Glenfield and Kennedy Ltd., for Hisehope Reservoir, 24 October 1905 Scale: 121 inches to 1 foot [1:8]
(1 plan, 33cm x 37cm)


Plan showing intended catchwater and pipe line leading to intended reservoir at Beldon Burn, Consett Waterworks, 7 December 1901 Scale: 6 inches to 1 mile [1:10560]
(1 plan, 76cm x 58cm, pencil)


Blueprint plan of Standard C.I. Plate Tank 100 feet x 54 feet x 6 feet 6 inches deep to be erected by M. and P. Ltd. for Weardale and Consett Water Works, Chester-le-Street, 27 October 1914 Scale: 1/4 inch to 1 foot [1:48]
(1 plan, 93cm x 61cm)


Transverse section and floor plan [of housing for water tank] specified in D/X 596/85, 24 October 1914 Scale: 21 inch to 1 foot [1:24]
(1 plan, 103cm x 67cm, pencil)


Plan showing area at Street Gate within the limits of supply of the Newcastle and Gateshead Water Co. henceforth by the Consett Water Co., June 1898 Scale: 6 inches to 1 mile [1:10560]
(1 plan, 61cm x 56cm, waxed linen, ink, coloured)


Plan, as D/X 596/87 above, for area at Blaydon Bank, as agreed October 1908, 28 October 1914 Scale: 1:2500
(1 plan, 82cm x 46cm, printed, coloured)


Plan, as D/X 596/87 above, for area at Winlaton Mill, as agreed October 1908, 28 October 1914 Scale: 1:2500
(1 plan, 60cm x 81cm, printed, coloured)


Plan showing proposed Consett District Water Works and the districts from which the supply is intended to be obtained, October 1859 Scale: 32 chains to 1 inch [1:25,344]
(1 plan, 75cm x 50cm, linen-backed, paper, printed, coloured)