Thames and metropolis improvement plan / by John Martin.

  • Martin, John, 1789-1854.
Date:
1849
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

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; THE OBJECTS BEING TO IMPROVE THE DRAINAGE AND AIR OF THE METROPOLIS, AND TO PRE- SERVE THE SEWAGE FOR AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES. TO AFFORD TO THE METROPOLIS AN UNFAILING SUPPLY OF PURE WATER. TO EMBANK THE RIVER AND IMPROVE THE NAVIGATION. TO DRAIN THE COUNTRY DISTRICTS, AND PRESERVE THE PURITY OF NATURAL SPRINGS AND STREAMS. AND TO CONNECT THE PORT OF LONDON WITH THE INLAND RAILWAYS. SECOND DIVISION. Plan for supplying London with the pure Water of the Tliames, uninixed witli the foul drainage; and for improving the salubrity, the beauty, and the navigation of the River above the j)oint of supply. The subjects of drainage, ventilation, and supply of water are notv so inseparably associated in the public niind, that I have no hesitation in selecting the ])resent time for urging that division of my Thames and Metropolis Im- provement Plan which comprehends the supply of water, and its immediate and necessary connection tvith the di- version of the Sewage from the River; the mode of effect- ing which, and applying the manure to agricultural pur- poses, is described in the first division of the general plan already published. The objects of this second division are—to give an ab- undant supply of water to each house from the lowest to