Title | Papers concerning sale of the Meerbrook Sough Company undertaking to Ilkeston Corporation and Heanor Urban District Council or to Derby Corporation. Derby Corporation withdrew and Ilkeston and Heanor Water Board promoted a bill to constitute a board representative of the Ilkeston and Heanor local authorities with power to acquire the undertaking and to construct works to intercept the sough waters (1901). Chiefly dated 1895 - 1902. The papers include:- Act to incorporate the proprietors of the Meerbrook Sough 1841. Meerbrook Sough Co reports and accounts 1885-1900 (incomplete series) correspondence, agendas for meeting etc. Bill to constitute a board Newspapers: The Derby Mercury 20 Nov 1895, Ilkeston Pioneer and Erewash Valley Gazette 19 October 1900, High Peak News, 6 Apr 1901, 8 February 1902 (2) |