London's New River Book

	List of Illustrations	8
	Preface	10
1	On Islington Hill	12
2	The First Ten Miles - 1604 to 1609	26
3	Completing the New River - 1610 to 1613	35
4	Source, storage and supply	47
5	More help from the King - 1616 to 1631	59
6	Cost and Concealment	68
7	New River People	76
8	Premises and problems	86
9	A Lost Fort in London - 1642	99
10	The Water Plot - 1701	108
11	Wind, horse or water? - 1702 to 1705	120
12	Sorocold's Solution - 1707 to 1711	129
13	The First Surveyor - 1718 to 1766	142
14	Mylne, Smeaton, Boulton and Watt - 1766 to 1799	148
15	Fighting for survival - 1800 to 1820	159
16	The quest for better water	171
17	Paving the Fields	185
18	Death and Pleasure, Riot and War	200
19	Private to public and back again	209
20	Walking the river	213
App. 1	The Best shares in the World	228
App. 2	Swallowing Minnows	231
App. 3	Sir Christopher Wren's 1702 report	235
App. 4	Chart showing average workforce during construction of the New River, 1609-1613	236
	Principal dates in the history of the New River	237
	Notes and Sources	239
	Index	245