Subterranean survey of the Westminster District.

  • London (England). Metropolitan Commission of Sewers.
Date:
[1849]
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Subterranean survey of the Westminster District. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    WESTERN DIVISIO U-{CoMimed). Date. 1848. Sept. 2. Names of Streets. Warwick Street and Hugh Street, Pimlico Observations. ...Sewers have a horrible smell, the deposit being from one to two feet in depth. Sept. 2. Sept. 2. Sept. 26. Sept. 27. Kenilworth Street. Leonard Street, Vaux- hall lioad Weymouth Street. Queen Ann Street Sept. 27. Welbeck Street Oct. 17. Oct. 20. Oct. 20. Orchard Place Orchard Street Upper and Lower Berk eley Street, andNorth side of Portman Sq. ...Has two feet of deposit, and the smell so bad that the leveller’s watch turned quite black in an hour. ...There is a deposit of two feet six inches in depth in this sewer, and the house-drains are all covered. ...At about 20 feet from the side entrance; the flat invert and the ground is washed away to the depth of one foot below the springing walls. A considerable length is without sup¬ port and dangerous. Between Harley and Wim- pole Streets the sewer should have a new invert in cement, and the springing walls underpinned with the same. A few other places require repair. At 80 feet west from Beaumont Street the walls are undermined, and parts have fallen in. ... W est from its junction with Wimpole street, the sewer is very old and decayed ; at about 150 feet the invert of the sewer is washed away, and the springing walls crushed in a foot and a half, and is now dangerous to the public. If this and several other places were repaired in cement, and the springing walls underpinned, the sewer would last many years. A fearful-looking chasm is made by the fajling of one of the side walls; at 20 feet west of the new egg-shape sewer in Foley Place. • ...The sewer is in a crumbling condition for the distance of 240 feet. The invert is washed away, and the springing walls crushed in a foot and a half; these should be properly repaired to preserve the sewer. There has been 19 feet of new invert put in some time ago, which has effectually preserved that part of the sewer. From Queen Ann Street to Bulstrode Street, the invert is washed up and the arch crushed. ...Branching off Orchard Street, PortmanSquare, the sewer is dangerous to the public (although there is no carriage-way above); the side walls and arch are crushed in various places. ...Sewer requires a new invert; the present one being washed into holes. ...Sewers are in a ruinous condition; the side walls and crown having fallen in various places. The invert is forced up, so that the breadth is only 9 inches, where it was formerly