Ashton-under-Lyne Corporation Waterworks Act 1855
WHEREAS an Act was passed in the Fifth and Sixth Years of the Reign of His Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled An Act for better supplying with Water the Town of Ashton-under-Lyne and the Neighbourhood thereof within the Parish of Ashton-under-Lyne in the County Palatine of Lancaster, and the Company thereby incorporated under the Name of the Ashton-under-Lyne Waterworks Company have constructed Reservoirs and Waterworks, and have raised a Share Capital of Fifteen thousand Pounds in Si...