Collection of 245 engineering drawings

Made:: circa 1830-1918

maker:: T & C Hawksley and Company

[Engineering drawing] Nottingham Water Works. No. 12

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[Engineering drawing] Nottingham Water Works. No. 12
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[Collection of 245 engineering drawings, ca.1830-1918, of waterworks and sewage disposal plants built by Thomas Hawksley, T. Hawksley & Co. and T. & C. Hawksley & Co. in England, Wales and Ireland (including Oxford, Tavistock, Worcester, Norwich, Coventry, Hertford and Nottingham). 5 folders. Listing available. See also inv. no. 1999-1064]

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Category:: Archive

Object Number:: 1977-134

type:: engineering drawings

credit:: Sotheby and Compan

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Scale drawing of Nottingham Water Works Engine House, England, 1851-1860

[Engineering drawing] Nottingham Water Works. No. 12. Longitudinal Section of Engine House; Transverse Section of Boiler House / [T. Hawksley & Co. Line drawing with colour wash. Scale 1/4" : 1'. This item is on SM transparency BUI/C000013]

Nottingham Water Works was civil engineer Thomas Hawskley’s (1807-93) first major project. Completed in 1832, and serving eight thousand homes, the waterworks gave a constant supply, an unusual achievement for water providers at this time. Throughout his long career, Hawksley was responsible for 150 water supply plans in the United Kingdom and overseas. This scale drawing is of the engine house at Nottingham Water Works.