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- ↑ Roberts, G. (2006). Chelsea to Cairo-- 'Taylor-made' Water Through Eleven Reigns and in Six Continents: A History of John Taylor & Sons and Their Predecessors. Thomas Telford. ISBN 9780727734112 . Retrieved 3 June 2015.
- ↑ "John Snow On the Mode of Communication of Cholera (Pamphlet) 1849, 1850" (PDF). matrix.msu.edu. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
- ↑ An Act to make better Provision respecting the Supply of Water to the Metropolis, (15 & 16 Vict. c .84)