| Description | The first undertaking in Stockport was established in 1820 and the private company was incorporated by Act of Parliament in 1825. The works were at Millgate. A second rival undertaking was established by Henry Booth in 1834 at Heaton Lane to supply Heaton Norris. However, in 1839 the newly established Improvement Commissioners purchased both undertakings. By 1876 the Heaton Lane works were becoming too small and a new site at Portwood was acquired. The site was the former Stockport Reservoir and was opened in 1877. The former works at Millgate continued in operation until 1892 and the site was later used for a generating station by the Stockport Corporation Electricity Supply established in 1898. The Heaton Lane works were closed down in 1907 and the site was used for gas storage. A waterless holder was built at Portwood in 1931. The undertaking became part of the North Cheshire Group of the NWGB in 1949. This collection contains mainly estate records and personnel records. There are four site plans and four technical drawings. There are also engineers reports and accounts and two volumes of press cuttings and adverts. The personnel material includes two managers' notebooks. [1850 - 1949] |