Stockton, Middlesbrough and Yarm Waterworks Act 1851
WHEREAS the Town of Stockton in the County of Durham, and the Towns of Middlesbrough and Yarm in the North Riding of the County of York, and the Suburbs thereof respectively, are not at present sufficiently supplied with Water, and the affording of a Supply of good and wholesome Water to the same would be of great Benefit to the said Towns and the Neighbourhoods thereof: And whereas the several Persons herein-after named, with others, are willing, at their own Expense, to provide such Supply ...