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Deptford
pumping
station.
Western
pumping
station.
North Woolwich
pumping
station.
Heathwal)
pumping
station.
Falcon brook
pumping
station.
Isle of Dogs
pumping
station.
Shad Thames
pumping
station.
Council decided to adopt electricity as the motive power for the new plant, and
approved an estimate of £141,000 for the reorganisation of the main enginehouse
on the lines indicated above.
In addition to the tender referred to in the report for the year 1928 for the supply
and erection of four pumping sets with an option to purchase four additional sets,
the undermentioned tenders were accepted in 1929—C. J. Wills and Sons, Limited,
for dismantling four of the beam engines and pumps and constructing foundations
for the new engines and pumps on a time and materials basis (estimated cost
£39,500); Markham and Company, Limited, for the provision of a flap and
penstocks, £1,055.
Arrangements were made for the overhaul of No. 1 Gwynne pumping engine
at a cost of £354 19s. The offer of the Cambridge Instrument Company, Limited,
to repair and adjust the carbon dioxide and temperature recording instruments
in the east boiler house for £44 was accepted. The overhaul of the gas-driven plant
which had been proceeding continuously since 1926 was completed during the year.
Four filth cages screening the sewage passing to the two 6-cylinder compound
engines at the Deptford pumping station were renewed at a cost of £300. The
ironwork in the underground chambers under the second engine house was painted
at a cost of £180. It was necessary to repair the brickwork of the walls and foundations
of the offices and workshops and the boundary walls and to construct a door
in the wall, at a cost of £130. Repairs to the barge bed were carried out at a cost
of £150.
The reconstruction of the Grosvenor canal involved the rasing and rebuilding
of portions of the boundary wall of the Western pumping station and consent was
given to the Westminster City Council to execute the work subject to conditions to
safeguard the Council's interests. Consent was given to the Westminster City Council
to connect drainage from latrines to the drain at the station, subject to the payment
of an annual charge of £3 3s. The staff quarters were re-painted externally and redecorated
internally at a cost of £212 5s. 2d.
Expenditure of £290 was sanctioned for the provision of new workshop plant
for use at North Woolwich pumping station and the necessary alterations in connection
with the installation of the plant including the erection of a shed to contain
the forge.
Four gas engines at the Heathwell pumping station became out of date and in
need of repair. Arrangements were made with Crossley Brothers, Limited, the
makers of the engines, for their reconstruction. The estimated cost of the work
including the necessary building work in connection therewith was estimated at
£6,300. The offers of Davy Brothers, Limited, Sheffield, for the supply of four
adjustable bearings with phosphor bronze brasses and four sole plates required in
connection with modifications of the machinery amounting to £66 10s. and that of
the Dover Engineering Company, Limited, amounting to £122 10s. for the supply
of five new impellers were accepted.
One of the gas meters at the Falcon brook pumping station was repaired at a
cost of £44 7s. 8d.
It became necessary to install an additional compressed air receiver at the Isle
of Dogs pumping station at a cost of £95. The offer of Abbott and Company (Newark)
Limited, to supply a steel receiver for £59 was accepted.
The repainting at a cost of £160 of the three original gas engines, centrifugal
pumps and auxiliary plant at Shad Thames pumping station was entrusted to the
London Scaling Company Limited, At the request of the South Metropolitan
Gas Company, from whom the supply of gas is obtained for working the engines,
authority was given for the installation and maintenance at the Company's expense
of a direct telephone between the Company's Rotherhithe works and the station
in order to secure an adequate supply of gas when required.