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It became necessary to execute certain repairs to No. 5 gas engine at Lots-road
pumping station at a cost of £145. the dismantling, supplying and fitting of a new
breech end and the re-erection of the engine being undertaken by Crossley Brothers,
Limited, the makers of the engine.
Owing to the continual state of dampness of the superintendent's house at
Deptford pumping station, caused by percolation and vapour from the adjacent
cooling ponds, the Council decided to erect new quarters for the superintendent
in another part of the station grounds at a cost of approximately £1,460, and to
utilise the old quarters for offices, store and other purposes.
As stated in the annual report for 1926 it became necessary to strengthen the
Southern high level sewer, No. 2, owing to the erection over the sewer of the Lewisham
nurses' home. Owing to unforeseen difficulties the work proved more costly than
was originally estimated (£600) and after negotiation it was agreed that the Council
should pay £952 in full settlement of the account for the work. Arrangements
were made for a portion of the West India dock sewer, south of the South dock basin
of the West India docks, to be reconstructed at a cost of £4,500. The Stamford brook
sewer which follows approximately the line of an old open water course runs through
private property between Ravenscourt-square and Goldhawk-road; at the request
of the owner consent was given him to divert at his own cost the sewer to connect
with the Northern low level sewer No. 2 in Goldhawk-road, the Council receiving
£500 and being relieved of any liability in respect of the portion of the sewer
abandoned.
During the night of 27th—28th July, 1928, a length of the Eastern Counties
sewer which was being reconstructed collapsed following heavy rain which fell in the
night. The down local line of the London and North Eastern Railway, under which
the sewer ran, subsided, and adjoining lines were affected. Railway traffic was
resumed in the afternoon of 28th July, 1928. Flooding of property in the neighbourhood
occurred. Steps were at once taken to deal with the situation and a diversion
of the sewer around the damaged portion was put in hand. The sewer adjacent
to the portion which collapsed appeared to be in fairly good condition, but it tended
to get further under the railway. It was therefore decided to divert a further length
of the sewer clear of the railway. The total cost of this work and of filling in the
old sewer to be abandoned amounted to £13,000.

Lots-road
pumping
station
Deptford
pumping
station.
Outfall,
intercepting
and main
sewers.