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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    RANELACH AND BAYSWATER D I V I S I O N—(Continued). Date. Names of Streets. 1848. August 8. Grosvenor Place. • Sept. 2. Blacklands Sewer, Chelsea Sept. 2. Cumberland Street ... Sept. 2. Queen Street, Chelsea Sept. 2. North Street . Sept. 2. North Terrace. Sept. 2. Pelham Road, towards Cromwell Lane,Bromp- ton Sept. 2. Esher Street, Peniten¬ tiary V Oct. 20. Adam Street, West, Adam Mews, & Great Cumberland Mews. Dec. 2. Princess Street, St John’s Wood Nov. 17. Broadley Terrace. Nov. 25. Chapel Street, Lisson Grove Nov. 25. Lisson Street, Lisson Grove Nov. 25. Lisson Grove, North. Nov. 25. William Street . Observations. ...This sewer has from 9 to 14 inches of deposit. A portion of the arch has been at some time removed for the purpose of casting, and has been badly restored; being near the surface, it is dangerous. ...Is in a horrible condition. It is partly open, and forms the receptacle for all kinds of filth and dead animals. The invert is of the most irregular form. ...Joins Blacklands one foot below the invert. The sewer is 5 feet high, but has an outlet into Blacklands sewer of only 1 foot 8 inches by 1 foot 4 inches. The side walls have been pressed inwards. The sewer is egg-shaped, with the broad end down. ...This sewer must be cleansed, or it will soon be choked altogether with deposit. ^Each of these sewers has one foot of deposit. ...This sewer has two feet of deposit. ...These sewers are all but tumbling in. The arch is very dangerous. Two branch sewers (right and left) have partly fallen in. The bricks can frequently be pulled out by the hand. The sewer sometimes resting on a single brick ; is dangerous for the workmen. ...At the junction with Salisbury street; the bottom is torn up by the water for feet each way, and the arches are crushed. ...The junction is left unfinished; the arch of the main sewer being unsupported. ...Some parts are in danger of falling. There are three cesspools on one side, which are full, and have forced in the side wall of the sewer. ...The arch is falling down for the distance of 100 feet. ...Requires repair. The arch in one place has fallen down. The side wall for 30 feet is forced in about eight inches. ...The invert of this sewer is washed into holes; a new invert is required.