| Administrative History | St. Cyrus Special Water Supply District was requisitioned by local ratepayers in 1895 and formed in 1896. In 1897 the District borrowed £800 to set up waterworks. The water was to be supplied from Ninewells Spring on the Canterland Estate, belonging to the Earl of Kintore. There were complaints in 1901 that the water had a milky appearance, and it took several years to sort out the problem. The waterworks was overhauled again in 1929, and in the same year the local ratepayers requisitioned a Special Drainage District. This drew the attention of the County Council to the fact that the descriptions of the boundaries of the Special Water Supply District were inadequate, and the maps were lost. The District had to be redefined before the Drainage District could be based on it, and the process was only completed in 1931. A Special Lighting District was proposed in 1936, using electrical power, and based on the same boundaries: the lighting installation cost £122.11.6, but the lights were not used at first because of Second World War lighting restrictions. A Special Scavenging District was proposed by the Local Committee on Public Health in 1947, in connexion with new county refuse scheme, but the Special Scavenging District was not one of those dissolved when services were taken over by the new County refuse service in May 1961. |