Thames and metropolis improvement plan / by John Martin.

  • Martin, John, 1789-1854.
Date:
1849
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Credit: Thames and metropolis improvement plan / by John Martin. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    IMPROVEMENT PLAN: BY JOHN MARTIN, K. L. THE SECOND OIVZSZON, SUPPLY OF PURE WATER TO THE METROPOLIS. THIS PLAN EMBRACES THE FOLLOWING ADVANTAGES: 1. AN INEXHAUSTIBLE AND DNINTERMITTENT SUPPLY OF PURE WATER TO LONDON. 2. A SUPPLY OF SEWAGE MANURE TO THE COUNTRY. 3. THE IMPROVED NAVIGATION AND INCREASED BEAUTY OF THE THAMES. 4 AN IMPROVED SYSTEM OF INLAND DRAINAGE. 5. THE MELIORATION OF THE HEALTH OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE METROPOLIS, AND OF THE COUNTRY DISTRICTS, BY THE RE- MOVAL OF EXISTING SOURCES OF DISEASE. TH£ THZZtD DIVZSZON CONTAZHS A PLAN FOR IMPROVING THAMES STREET. A PLAN FOR REMODELLING WESTMINSTER BRIDGE, THE MODE OF CONSTRUCTION BEING EQUALLY APPLICABLE TO EITHER THE NEW CHELSEA, BATTERSEA, OR PUTNEY BRIDGES. MEANS OF CONNECTING THE PORT OF LONDON WITH THE INLAND RAILWAYS. TOGETHER WITH DESCRIPTION OF MARTIN’S PATENT WATER AND SEWER PIPES, PATENT DRAIN TRAPS AND SEWER OUTLETS, AND MEANS OF CONSUMING SMOKE. LONDON LINDSEY HOUSE, CHELSEA,