The Burrator Works for the Water-Supply of Plymouth.” by EDWARDSANDENAN, M
2 ELECTIONS, ETC. [Minutcs of Associate i&rnbm. JAMESHENRY BAILEY. FREDERICHCHARLEE LEA. ROBEIlT FORBESBENNETT. DAVIDERNEST LLOYD-DAVIES, Stud. CHARLESHERBERT BISHOP. Inst. C.E. ALFREDBROWN ERNEST BLACsBURN, ATHOLLOCKET. Stud. Inst. C.E. JOHNMACLEAN. ARTHUR CAMERON. ROBERTCREASY NASTER. ROBERTWILSON DRON. LEWISJfITCHELL. SAMUEL EDGABFEDDEN. HENRYLAWRENCE PEABSON, Stud. WILLIAM AINSLIEFOULIS. Inst. C.E. GEORGEJOHN FREUND, jun. WILLIAMHENRS PRESCOTT. HENRY DUDLEYGILL. THOMASWILLIAH RUSSELL. FREDERICE AUSTENHADOW. FREDERIC BOLTONSONNENSCHEIN. ROGERGASIKELL HETHERINGTON, M.A. DAVID MCTAGGARTSYMMERS, 3I.A. (Cantab.), Stud. Inst. C.E. (Aberdeen.) EDWARDHODGSOX. THOMASGEORGE HOWES THOMAS. GEOI~QEERNESTHOOPER,S~U~.I~~~.C.E.GILBERTTHOMSON, M.A. (Edin.) JOHNINGLIS, B.Sc. (Edin.) Stud. Inst. HORATIOEDGAR DAWSON WALKER. C.E. GERARDNORMAN WATNEY, B.A. (Can- CECILDAUBENY INMAN. tab.) JOHNWILLIAM KITCHIN. THOMAS AUBREYWATSON. HARRISJURGEN CARL ICUHL. ARTEUR HERRINGWEIR. PREDERICWINFRIED LA TROBE-BATE- EDWARDWILLIS. XAN. An Associate. ARTHURGEORQE BLOXAM. (Paper No. 3265.) “ The Burrator Works for the Water-Supply of Plymouth.” By EDWARDSANDENAN, M. Inst. C.E. TIIE waterworks of Plymouthdate from theyear 1590. In December of that year Sir Francis Drake, who appears to have been an engineer as well as a navigator,began tocut the open channel or watercoursefrom Dartmoor to Plymouth, now known as ‘I the leat,” which was destined to convey to Plymouth its supply of water during the succeeding 300 years. The leat, which was 18 miles 3 furlongs in length, appears, from the old records of the town, to have been made between December, 1590, and April, 1591. It was made in virtue of powers-conferred by an Act of Parliament of Queen Elizabeth‘sreign, dated 1585, -which authorised the Corporation of Plymouth to build a weir across the River Mewe, or Meavy, and to divert the water of that river into a trench which had a specified width of 6 feet or 7 feet Downloaded by [ UNIVERSITY OF EXETER] on [24/09/16].
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