East London Waterworks Company
| Industry | Water supply |
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| Founded | 1806 in London, UK |
| Defunct | 24 June 1904 |
| Fate | Municipalised |
| Successor | Metropolitan Water Board |
The East London Waterworks Company was one of eight private water companies in London absorbed by the Metropolitan Water Board in 1904.
| East London Waterworks Act 1807 | |
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| Act of Parliament | |
| Long title | An Act for better supplying with Water the Inhabitants of the Parishes of Stratford Bow, otherwise Stratford le Bow, Saint John Hackney, Saint Mary Islington, Saint Matthew Bethnell Green, and several other Parishes, Hamlets, Townships, and Places adjacent or near thereunto, in the Counties of Middlesex and Essex. |
| Citation | 47 Geo. 3 Sess. 2. c. lxxii |
| Territorial extent | United Kingdom |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 8 August 1807 |
| Commencement | 8 August 1807 |
| Other legislation | |
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Status: Amended | |
The company was founded by the East London Waterworks Act 1807 (47 Geo. 3 Sess. 2. c. lxxii).
| East London Waterworks Act 1808 | |
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| Act of Parliament | |
| Long title | An Act to enable the Company of Proprietors of the East London Water Works to purchase certain other Water Works, and to amend an Act of the Forty-seventh Year of His present Majesty, relating to the said East London Water Works. |
| Citation | 48 Geo. 3. c. viii |
| Territorial extent | United Kingdom |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 21 March 1808 |
| Commencement | 21 March 1808 |
| Repealed | 25 July 1852 |
| Other legislation | |
| Amends | East London Waterworks Act 1807 |
| Amended by | East London Waterworks Act 1829 |
| Repealed by | East London Waterworks (No. 2) Act 1852 |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
Under the East London Waterworks Act 1808 (48 Geo. 3. c. viii) the company acquired existing waterworks at Shadwell (dating from 1660) Lea Bridge (pre 1767) and West Ham (1743).