Belfast Main Drainage Act 1887
WHEREAS the borough of Belfast is governed by the mayor aldermen and burgesses thereof acting by the council (in this Act called "the Corporation"): And whereas the River Lagan is at the present time in an unsanitary condition and it is expedient that the said river should be purified and that the necessary works in connexion therewith should be constructed: And whereas for the purpose of carrying out the said works it is necessary that a weir in the stream known as the Mile Water should be r...