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Proposed Lock
and Weir on the
Thames.
As stated in last year's report the Board
retained a firm of civil engineers to report
to them on this subject. The sites suggested
by the engineers for the construction of the proposed
lock and weir were:—above the river Wandle from
the osier beds on the southern side of the I hames to
a point near Broomhouse Dock on the northern side, or
slightly to the west of that site between the proposed
new recreation ground in Putney Bridge Road and the
grounds of Hurlingham House,—or a more advantageous
position below the Wandle from the site of the
steamboat pier at the end of Jews Row on the southern
side to Corrison Wharf on the northern side. The
Board also considered the report by the engineer
retained by the Thames (Western) Improvement
Committee on the subject, which suggested the construction
of a lock and weir from Broomhouse Dock
Lane on the northern side to land on the southern side
west of the mouth of the river Wandle. A supplemental
report was made by the same engineer in which
he stated that a better site than the one he originally
suggested would be from the northern side of the
river near the wharf belonging to the Fulham Vestry to
York Place, York Road, Battersea, on the southern
side. The Board were also invited to appoint representatives
on the Thames (Western) Improvement
Committee, but after fully considering the subject they
passed the following resolution, viz.:—
"That in the opinion of this Board the question of the erection
of a bridge, lock, and weir at Wandsworth, or lower down the river
Thames, for the purpose of impounding water at ebb tides sufficient to
enable the business and pleasure traffic on the river to be carried on,
should be dealt with by the London County Council, and that the expense
thereof so far as regards the metropolis, should be borne by the
County of London; that holding this opinion this Board cannot agree
to appoint members of a Committee whose object is to make an application
to Parliament for power to erect the proposed bridge, lock, and
weir, the Board believing that such application by the Committee would
not be successful;"