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the west side of the College, and thence through the
village as far as the Burial ground, where it diverges by the
farrier's shop into the open fields, passing under the high
ground here (where the work will be tunnelled for about a
quarter of a mile in length) in the direction of Lordship
lane, which it enters near to Blackwater cottage, continues
along Lordship lane as far as the private road north of the
Brick field, and thcnce across the fields to near the end of
Harris' road at Goose green, opposite Whiteman's lodge,
continues along Goose green by the King's Arms Public
House, and across Peckham rye in a straight line to Nunhead
lane, passes along Nunhead lane and the southern
side of Nun green, and along the partially formed road and
public footpath down to the Cemetery road, near which it
crosses the boundary of the parishes of Camberwell and
Deptford, to the point of meeting with the Main High Level
Sewer before described.
The construction of the Effra Belief Line, whilst it intercepts
from many of the open Sewers of Dulwich the present
offensive sewerage before referred to, and frees the neighbourhood
of Brixton and Vauxhall, and also that portion of
the Biver Thames from the pollution derived from this
locality, will at the same time open up a source of permanent
sewerage for the entire Dulwich district, which in the
course of a few years it must necessarily demand, through
the appropriation of the College property to more extended
usefulness for building purposes.
Another important advantage which may be anticipated
from the execution of this portion of the main work, is the