Durham Record Office

Durham County Record Office: the official archive service for County Durham and Darlington

You are here: Home / Catalogue Item

Catalogue Item

Darlington Borough Council

Reference: Da/UT Catalogue Title: Darlington Borough Council Area: Catalogue Category: Local Authority Records Description: Utilities

Covering Dates: 1846-1918

Return to your search results

Catalogue Index

Use Expand image and Expanded image to reveal/hide the structure of the catalogue index (requires Javascript to be enabled in your internet browser options). Click to jump directly to information at a specific level of the catalogue.

Catalogue Contents

Darlington Borough Council - Utilities (Ref: Da/UT )Darlington Gas Company (Ref: Da/UT 1/)Deeds (Ref: Da/UT 1/1)

6 July 1846 (1) Shareholders of Darlington Gas Company (2) Trustees of Darlington Gas Company Deed of settlement of company. Includes list of shareholders
(1 paper)

Reports (Ref: Da/UT 1/2)

Gas Works reports, 19 July 1895 - 24 March 1905
(1 volume)


Gas Works reports, 19 April 1905 - 20 October 1916
(1 volume)

Electricity and Light Railways Sub-Committee (Ref: Da/UT 2/)Reports (Ref: Da/UT 2/1)

Typescript copy of documents concerning Darlington Light Railway, 1903-1904 Report of sub-committee on Electricity and Light Railways on wages to be paid to Light Railway employees, 11 February 1904 Proposed timetable of electric services, 12 November 1903 Notice that penny fares will be demanded from passengers between the clock tower and various termini, 10 December 1903 Originally enclosed in Da/A 27/1/1
(4 papers)

Gas and Electricity Committee (Ref: Da/UT 3/)Reports (Ref: Da/UT 3/1)

Monthly reports of the borough electrical engineer to the Gas and Electricity Committee, February-October 1901 Reports to the Electricity and Tramways Committee. November-June 1906 Report on the Annual Convention of the Incorporated Municipal Electrical Association, 1902
(1 volume)

Sewage disposal (Ref: Da/UT 4/)

Figures for annual expenditure on sewerage and sewage disposal 1912-1913, estimated expenditure and capital expenditure to March 1913, February 1914
(1 file)


Estimated yearly cost of sewage disposal in Darlington based on new scheme and including one years loan charges on total capital outlay entitled Haughton Sewage Disposal, 27 May 1914
(1 paper)

Water (Ref: Da/UT 5/)

see also Da/NG 5, 7 & 8

Correspondence (Ref: Da/UT 5/1)

Letter from C.L. Stock, County Analyst's office to the Town Clerk with results of test on sample of water taken in Lindon Avenue, 15 December 1913
(1 paper)

Inspections (Ref: Da/UT 5/2)

Meter inspection book with names of consumers whose meters were read, 1900-1902
(1 volume)

Statistics (Ref: Da/UT 5/3)

Chart showing increase of water pumped by Darlington Waterworks 1896-1906, 23 January 1907
(1 paper)

Darlington Corporation Waterworks (Ref: Da/UT 5/4)Plans of Tees Cottage Pumping Station (Ref: Da/UT 5/)

Section views of the engine house, 26 October 1918 T & C Hawksley, Civil Engineers, 30 Great George Street, Westminster
(1 plan, 98 cm x 65 cm, paper backed with linen, watercolour)


Horizontal layout of installations in the engine and boiler house, 30 October 1900 T & C Hawksley, Civil Engineers, 30 Great George Street, Westminster
(1 plan, 98 cm x 65 cm, paper backed with linen, watercolour)


Sections of the boiler house, 30 October 1900 T & C Hawksley, Civil Engineers, 30 Great George Street, Westminster
(1 plan, 98 cm x 65 cm, paper backed with linen, watercolour)


Sections of 24 inch valve, 1 November 1900 T & C Hawksley, Civil Engineers, 30 Great George Street, Westminster 1.5 inch to 1 foot [1:8]
(1 plan, 98 cm x 65 cm, paper backed with linen, watercolour)


Sections of the boiler house, 9 April 1902 T & C Hawksley, Civil Engineers, 30 Great George Street, Westminster 0.5 inch to 1 foot [1:24]
(1 plan, 98 cm x 65 cm, paper backed with linen, watercolour)