Welcome to the Gloucestershire Society for Industrial Archaeology (GSIA) website. The Society was formed in 1964 to study and record the history and physical remains of Gloucestershire industries.
Details of our activities, together with copies of our Journal articles and various pages relating to the County's industrial past may be seen by following the relevant links in the sidebar and drop-down menus above.
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Water Supply in the Dursley Area 1890-1974 by Peter Harris
This article looks at the early days of water supply in the area and how the system was enlarged and improved during the 20th century until it came under the control of the newly formed Severn-Trent Water Ltd. in 1974.
Dursley Well pumping station (1902) looking east in 2012 prior to conversion to a dwelling