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Greenwich 1898

Annual report for the year ending 25th March, 1899

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61 feet of 4' 0" x 2' 8" and 36 feet of 3' x 2' brick sewer in
Woodpecker Road, to form the outlet for Whitcher
Street, &c.
325 feet of 12" pipes in Cottesbrook Street. This sewer
passes through a bed of peat and is supported on piers
of concrete carried up from the gravel.
88 feet of 15" pipes and 864 feet of 12" pipes in Hatcham
Park Road. This sewer was reconstructed by contract
for the Board, including the construction of six manholes,
one gully, and numerous house connections, at a cost of
£450 Is. 10d.
Negociations with the London County Council are now in
progress for their consent to the construction of brick and pipe
sewers on the land of the Haberdasher and Hogarth Estates,
situate between the Brighton Railway and Nunhead.
The following works have been carried out by your flushing
staff on private property, owing to recent decisions of the Courts
in matters of sewers versus drains.
Removing stoppages and reinstating drains at
Greenwich.
Azof Street
King George Street
Royal Hill
East Street
Ferry Place
Charlton Road
Greenwich Road
Billingsgate Street
Wood Wharf
Sun-in-the-Sands Lane
Brand Street
Bellot Street
Selcroft Road
Frobisher Street
Horseferry Road
Aldeburgh Street