The Metropolitan Water Board was founded in 1903 to bring the nine private water companies supplying water to London under a single public body.
The board was abolished in 1974 and control transferred to the Thames Water Authority, now Thames Water.
Water supply in the London area was regulated by local acts and royal charters on a piecemeal basis from 1543
By 1830 there were six companies supplying water North of the Thames
Following complaints, a Royal commission was set up in 1827 to investigate the quality of supply
The commission found that the water was of poor quality and cleanliness, and was in need of improvement
It was therefore decided that the Metropolitan Water Bill (after promoting several unsuccessful bills between 1878 and 1886), would create an entirely new body to supply water to the greater London area
Currently London transfers over 2.6 Billion Litres of water a day according to Thames Water.
This small brick folly serves as the entrance to a shaft
Within, a magnificent spiral stairwell over 30m leading down to a subterranean passageway constructed under the Thames by the Metropolitan Water Board in the late 19th Century.
Under Construction..
Southern Shaft
Walk the plank
..Anyone in here already will attest
Northern Shaft
(that spiral staircase)
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