waterworks

Converse of object

• construct: In 1743 the Ramsden family were obliged to construct waterworks for the domestic use of Huddersfield inhabitants.
• build: Dr. Noel Meeke The Waterworks Museum for Where shall we build the waterworks?

Adjective modifier

• new: February 13th 1893 Children absent from school as a consequence of smallpox at new waterworks.
• old: Sandford Mill, Chelmsford's old waterworks, is a large open air site with a river running through it.
• first: He also worked in France, and was involved in creating the first waterworks in Paris.
• former: It incorporated the former waterworks at Shadwell and West Ham.
• Victorian: Tees Cottage Pumping Station is a Victorian waterworks in Darlington in the North East of England which began supplying water to Darlington in 1849.
• local: The magic bus at the waterworks This story is about Ms Frizzle's class who are taken on an outing to the local waterworks.

Modifies a noun

• scheme: Over 50,000 men were employed on the construction sites over the 13 years of the waterworks scheme.
• building: We ended up walking along the road from Bontnewydd, then up the track past the waterworks buildings.
• company: Whatever the truth of the matter, the town council's petition proved successful and the waterworks company bill was thrown out.
• road: About 800 meters from the dam the waterworks road bridges Black Clough, at which point the reservoir bends round to the left.
• problem: He was showing no signs of ill health and no tell tale signs of waterworks problems.
• sludge: We have been responsible for a number of key developments in technologies such as flotation, waterworks sludge treatment and particle removal.