Newcastle and Gateshead Water Company

Newcastle and Gateshead Water Company
IndustryWater and sewage
Founded1845
Defunct1974
Fatenationalized
SuccessorNorthumbrian Water Authority
HeadquartersNewcastle upon Tyne, England

The Newcastle and Gateshead Water Company supplied drinking water to the towns of Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead, in the north east of England, from 1845 until 1974. It was initially called the Whittle Dean Water Company, but changed its name in 1863, and gradually increased the area which it supplied. It merged with the Sunderland and South Shields Water Company in 1992 to form North East Water, which was merged into Northumbrian Water in 1995.