The Rainhill Gas and Water Act, 1870
WHEREAS the township of Rainhill in the parish of Prescot in the county palatine of Lancaster is now supplied with gas and water by Thomas Melling, from works situate upon the land set forth in the schedule hereto:
And whereas the population of Rainhill is increasing, and it would be to the public advantage that the said township should be supplied with gas and water by a Company, to whose undertaking the provisions of the "Gasworks Clauses Act, 1847," and of the "Waterworks Clauses Act, 1847...