Pier Street, Kingston upon Hull
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Pier Street, Kingston upon Hull by Bernard Sharp as part of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over 14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Pier Street, Kingston upon Hull
Image: © Bernard Sharp Taken: 16 Dec 2021
Set in the pavement is a utility cover of the former Hull (H) Corporation (C) Water (W) Works (W). Hull Corporation had been responsible for the supply of water to the town per the Charter of 1447. On 1 April 1974 the undertaking was transferred to the Yorkshire Water Authority, one of ten regional authorities created by the Water Act 1973. The authorities were privatised by the Water Act 1989. YWA became Yorkshire Water plc and, in 2008, was taken private under the Kelda Group.
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image Location
Latitude
53.738519
Longitude
-0.335136