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Three brick manholes have also been constructed on
the lines of the sewers, so as to afford easy access for
the purpose of examination.
The various drain outlets, from private premises and
street gulleys, have also been re-constructed and connected
with the new sewors.
A length of 12-inoh pipe sower in Ezra Street has
been taken up and re-laid at a lower level, and connected
with the new sewer, so as to prevent a recurrence
of the floodings in that locality, which had been a
source of complaint for some time.
The 18-inch pipe sewer in Columbia Road, having
scarcely any fall, had also been a source of trouble. A
length of about 80 feet of this sewer was taken up and
re-laid at a lower level and oonnected with the new
sewer, and a manhole constructed at the point of
connection.
The work was carried on during the winter months,
and was greatly impeded by the frost and snow. A
bed of running sand and water was reached in Shipton
Street, at the level where the pipes wore to be laid.
This had to be removed, and cement concrete filled in
to make a solid bed for tho sewer, and the pipes oovered
with concrete.
The contractors were Messrs. A. & J. Porter, of
Walthamstow, and the cost amounted to about £700.
Old Ford
Road.
During a violent storm, which oocurred on June 12th,
a number of houses on the south side of Old Ford Road,
opposite Approach Road, were flooded. On enquiries
being made, it was found that the flooding was oaused