Waterworks.-  A collection of 66 architectural and engineering drafts for Burdon Pumping Station and Seaton Pumping Station in Sunderland, including external elevations, plans for machinery, reservoirs, sections of shafts etc., ink & wash, numbered or lettered non-consecutively up to 40, notes regarding later revisions, backed onto linen, some stickers & stamps, staining, 650 x 980mm, T. and C. Hawksley & Co., 1898-1906 (66)  *** Sunderland & South Shield Water Company purchased 7.2 acres of land in 1896 in order to construct the The Seaton Spring pumping station. Along with 4 others in the area, it was built to provide drinking water to North East coastal areas.