On December 24th, in 1582, the Dutchman Pieter Maritz’s London Bridge Waterworks began supplying fresh water from the Thames to private houses in the City of London. The rather rickety-looking apparatus worked well, but was destroyed in the Great Fire of 1666. Replaced by his grandson, continueing in use until the removal of the bridge in 1822. The waterworks was one of the largest water companies in London whose initial growth was linked to the City's expansion, but limited in the eighteenth century because its pipes could not reach the expanding suburbs.
On December 24th, in 1582, the Dutchman Pieter Maritz’s London Bridge Waterworks began supplying fresh water from the Thames to private houses in the City of London. The rather rickety-looking apparatus actually worked well, but was destroyed in the Great Fire of 1666, but replaced by his grandson, continueing in use, after a fashion, until the early nineteenth century. It lasted until the removal of the bridge in 1822. The waterworks was one of the largest water companies in London whose initial growth was linked to the City's expansion, but limited in the eighteenth century because its pipes could not reach the expanding suburbs.
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Location: London Bridge Waterwork, London, England
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