Ipswich Water Works Company

The earlier waterworks operations that were bought out when the IWWC was founded included: • Ipswich Corporation • Stoke Water Works (purchased by Ipswich Corporation in 1853 for £1,100) • William Charles Fonnereau • Richard Dykes Alexander • John Cobbold (St. Clements Water Company) • John Chevallier Cobbold • John Orford • • St. Helen's Water Works • Key Water Works • Brooks Hall Water Works • Tovells Spring Water Works Fonnereau's undertaking was purchased jointly by the remaining four operators, who also jointly purchased Ipswich Corporation's undertaking for £21,500 in October 1854; then proposed to combine into a single company. ==Directors==

The directors included: • Richard Dykes Alexander • John Cobbold • John Chevallier Cobbold • John Orford ==References==