The Margate Waterworks Act, 1857
WHEREAS the Inhabitants of the Parishes of Saint John the Baptist (including the Town of Margate) and Saint Peter the Apostle (including Broadstairs), both in the Isle of Thanet and the County of Kent, are now inadequately supplied with Water, and it is expedient that a better Supply should be afforded to them: And whereas the several Persons, herein-after named, with others, are willing at their own Expense to afford such Supply, and to make and to maintain all the necessary Works for the Pu...