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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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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    drainage; but the increase of the population will progressively cover the now open land with buildings, and change the present land drainage into sewerage, adding thereby to the quantity of sewage to be discharged through the sewers, and dimi- nishing the quantity to be got rid of as land drainage. Advantage having been taken of the extension of time granted by the Com- missioners of Sewers for delivery of the plans, in giving a careful reconsideration to the principles already adverted to, on which to base an efficient system of drainage for the Metropolis, in order to determine whether artificial means could be resorted to, in contending with the foregoing facts; it has resulted in adding further testi- mony in support of the conviction previously entertained, that all such appliances must prove utterly abortive in dealing with such masses of matter; and therefore, the following observations are based on the principles already explained in the papers sent to the Commissioners on the 15th August last. It will be seen, on reference to the levels marked on the plan furnished by the Metropolitan Commissioners of Sewers, that the Metropolis, as regards drainage, is naturally divided into several districts, which offer abundant facilities for an efficient and complete drainage into the Rivers Lea and Thames from the north, and into the Thames from the south. THE NORTHERN DIVISION. EASTERN DISTRICT. This large and populous district extends from the River Lea on the east, to Highgate, from thence in a southerly direction, past Copenhagen House Tavern, and the New Model Prison, to Claremont-square; thence to Aldersgate-street, and past the east end of St. Paul’s Cathedral to the Thames, which forms its southern boundary; from thence to the mouth of the Lea, at Blackwall. Subject, in a measure to the existing sewerage, which is not shown on the map supplied, it is proposed, for obvious reasons, to divert, as far as practicable, the drainage of the whole of this district towards the valley of the Lea. WESTERN DISTRICT. This, the least populous district, includes the western part of the Metropolis, and extends to Hampstead, on the north-east, and from thence, in a southerly direction, through Portland Town, St. John’s-wood, and Westminster, to the Thames. Subject also, in a measure, to the existing sewerage, which, as before stated, is not shown on the map supplied, it is proposed to divert, as far as practicable, the drainage of the whole of the district to the west, towards Hammersmith. [second series.] f