Second series. Concise statements of the main features of the plans for the drainage of the metropolis : sent in pursuance of the resolution of the Court, 20th August, 1849.

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

Credit: Second series. Concise statements of the main features of the plans for the drainage of the metropolis : sent in pursuance of the resolution of the Court, 20th August, 1849. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    N. SCOTT, Esq. To the Honourable Commissioners of Sewers. 36, Clipstone Street, St. Marylebone. Plan as per model sent in 21st of August, viz., by laying down two tubular iron sewers, close to the shore, on each side of the Thames, from Rich- mond to Plumstead on one side, and from Twickenham to Plaistow on the other; and by using the same plan in all the rivers and creeks, and connecting them with the main sewer, as laid down on each side of the Thames, all the places as mentioned in Mr. Phillips’s plan will be included in the drainage. To have three receivers on each side, to hold the sewage, at Plumstead and Plaistow; the first one to filter into the other two, and the last one of each side would contain almost pure water, that can run off where it would not affect the river, or it could be profitably employed. That the advantages of this plan would be, that the existing sewers having a fall towards the Thames, they will not require any alteration to connect them with the main sewer. The main sewer could be flushed at high-water at Richmond, or Twickenham or any other place on the main sewer, from the Thames, without polluting the river the least. The main sewer could be repaired at low-water; and while the sewer was being laid down, it would not prevent the free navigation of the Thames; and all the refuse from the manufactories on the banks of the river could be conveyed to them direct. This plan would not require the aid of any steam power, as the sewage at the depots would be sufficiently high for its transport to any place requiring it as manure. The cost of constructing the main sewers on each side of the Thames, £288,000 For building the depots at Plumstead and Plaistow 10,000 Total.... £298,000 (Signed) N. SCOTT. N.B.—The main sewer could ;be extended above Twickenham, and below Plumstead, with the same effect; and the above plan could be completed in less than a year. [second series.] Q