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Wandsworth 1894

Thirty-ninth annual report of the Board of Works for the Wandsworth District being for the year ended 25th of March 1895

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The kerbing on the south side of Upper Richmond Road,
(opposite Bast Putney Station), between the Putney
parish boundary and Keswick Road, was taken up, jointed,
and re-laid on cement concrete ; the footpath was laid
with York paving (Silex brand), carriage entrances with
blue panel brick paving, and the channelling with 7-inch
by 5-inch granite setts the cost being £188 Is. Id.
The kerbing and paving on the east side of The Plain,
between High Street and the Roman Catholic Schools,
have been taken up and re-laid at a cost of £30 3s. lOd.
The footpath on the west side of Windmill Road,
between Trinity Road and Spencer Park, has been tarpaved
for a width of 6 feet at a cost of £39 18s. lOd.
By agreement with the London County Council a very
desirable improvement has been effected in Trinity Road,
at the corner of Windmill Road, whereby a portion of the
common was given up on both sides of the road to make
rounded corners and to widen the carriage-way; a refuge
with a gas-lamp has been constructed at the junction of
the two roads. The cost of this improvement, including
kerbing and channelling, amounted to £90 10s. lid.
The footpath on the west side of Trinity Road, abutting
on the common, between Windmill Road and Wandsworth
Common, West Side, and the footpath on the east side,
between No. 174 and Bellevue Road, have, by arrangement
with the County Council, been taken over by the
Board and repaired with gravel at a cost of £88 0s. 3d.
The carriage-way between Wandsworth Common, West
Side, and Heathfield Road, has also been repaired at a
cost ot £19 0s. 5d., and adopted by the Board. The
footpath on the west side of Trinity Road, between the
railway bridge and a point 120 feet south of the road
leading to the prison, has been widened and improved by
laying i)-inch pipes, providing 13 gullies, and filling up
the ditch, at a cost of £165 1s.