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Staffordshire Railway, under constriction at the time in October 1846, he was already working for four other railway companies.
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politician. He carried out many important works, and for a time was the sole owner of a main line railway, the first individual to do so. He carried out philanthropic works including securing a fresh water supply to overcome persistent outbreaks of cholera, taking no salary for his work.
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Lichfield water, using Stowe and Minster pools as reservoirs. The pipe run was installed alongside the railway. Parts of Walsall were connected by 1858 but it took fifteen years to complete the scheme. McClean was engineer to the waterworks company, but drew no salary.
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water was clean and pure; he secured the agreement of some powerful friends, including the Earl of Dudley, and the South
Staffordshire Waterworks Company was formed in 1853. The company supplied Walsall and
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