Report of Mr Donaldson, agricultural surveyor, on the state of Regent's Park : January, 1849.

  • London (England). Metropolitan Commission of Sewers.
Date:
[1849]
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Credit: Report of Mr Donaldson, agricultural surveyor, on the state of Regent's Park : January, 1849. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ESTIMATED COST OF DRAINAGE. Of the open part of the Park, per acre. 147 rods of cutting and filling drains, from 2J to 3 feet deep, and 18 feet apart, at 4|d. per rod No. 2,420 of 1| in. drain pipes, at 22s. per 1,000 147 rods of adjusting and pressing the turf, when the drains have been filled in, at Jd. per rod Proportional cost of mains per acre Cartage of materials . £ s. d. 2 12 1 2 13 3 0 6 H 0 4 41 0 17 6 6 13 4 Of the Villa Grounds, Zoological Gardens, Pleasure Grounds, &c., per acre. 3 6 8 2 18 1 0 6 8 1 0 0 8 I 5 160 rods of cutting and filling drains from 2J to 3 feet deep, and 16^ feet apart, at 5|d. per rod . No. 2,640—l^inch drain-pipes, at 11. 2s. per 1,000 160 rods of adjusting and pressing down the turf over the drains when filled in, at ^d. per rod . Cartage of materials . Extent of grounds attached to St Catherine’s Villa, St John’s Lodge, the Subscription Pleasure Grounds, Hertford Villa, Holford House, the plantations by the Regent’s Canal, and the Zoological Gardens, as measured on the map, about 95 acres, at 8/. . . 760 0 0 The open part of the Park and Primrose Hill, as measured on the map, about 225 acres, at 61. 13s. 4d. per acre . 1,500 0 0 Outfalls into sewers at St Andrew’s Place, York Gate, Chester Terrace, and into the Regent’s Canal, laid with 6 in. pipes, 1,494 feet, at Is. 6d. per foot . 112 0 0 £2,372 0 0 Estimated cost of laying down earthenware pipes, of 6 in. bore, for the conveyance of liquid manure, for application to the Park, at per foot. 9,000 feet on the open part of the Park, at Is. 1 jd. per foot 506 5 0 2,442 feet on Primrose Hill . . . . 137 5 0 1,320 feet on the roads from sewers, at Is. 6d. per foot . 99 0 0 742 12 5