Newport (Monmouthshire) Hydraulic Power Act 1884
WHEREAS the establishment at Newport in the county of Monmouth of a system for applying motive power by hydraulic pressure to be used for working cranes dock gates and other machinery and for the extinction of fire and for other purposes would be of local and public advantage:
And whereas the persons herein-after named are willing (with others) to undertake the establishment of such a system and it is expedient that they be incorporated into a Company for that purpose:
And whereas the objects...