A report to the Survey Committee on street cleansing : presented 22nd January, 1849, / by Thomas Lovick.

  • London (England). Metropolitan Commission of Sewers.
Date:
[1849]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A report to the Survey Committee on street cleansing : presented 22nd January, 1849, / by Thomas Lovick. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    13 Estimate for laying down in High street, Borough,* a 4-inch main, with 3-inch branches, of glazed stone-ware pipes for supply of water, and of apparatus requisite for cleansing with water the street. Quantities. Rate Description of Materials, <fcc. Lineal Yards. No. of Charge. Cost. Total Cost. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ 9. d. 4-inch Main Pipe for supply of Water . 633 • M 0 1 6 47 9 6 Digging, including Watching, Fencing, &c„ Laying and Jointing Pipes 633 • • • 0 0 9 23 14 9 Relaying Paving disturbed 633 • • • 0 1 0 31 13 0 102 17 3 3-inch Branch Service Pipes from Main 170 • • • 0 1 3 10 12 6 3-inch Bends . . . • • • 20 0 1 3 1 5 0 3-inch Single Junctions • • • 6 0 0 6 0 3 0 3-inch Double Junctions • • • 14 0 1 0 0 14 0 Digging, as above . . . 170 • • • 0 0 9 6 7 6 Relaying Paving disturbed 170 • • • 0 1 0 8 10 0 27 12 0 Plugs and Boxes, for attachment of Stand Cock and Hose . . — 20 0 16 0 16 0 0 Stand Cocks, with two curved Discharging Orifices . . . • • • 5 4 0 0 20 0 0 Flaxen Hose, including the connecting Brass Unions and Screws 333 • • • 0 4 0 66 12 0 One 4-inch Valve, or Sluice Cock, for shutting off Water (as a provision against accidents) • • • • • • • • • 3 0 0 105 12 0 236 1 3 If the Mains and Branches are laid on Con¬ crete, there will be an addition to the expense of . . . 803 ... 0 1 6 * • • 60 4 6 £296 5 9 * High street, Borough, from St George’s Church to St Thomas’s Hospital.