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into barges. These barges were provided under
a temporary arrangement made with Mr. E. Burton,
of Nine Elms, by whom the material, thus treated,
was conveyed away and disposed of. This arrangement
was fortunately made in sufficient time to
cope with the large quantity of slop daily collected
in an extremely wet season. By this combination
of the working of the tank reservoirs and the
barge removal, the arrangement sufficed for the
purpose.
The wharf accommodation reserved for this
purpose is immediately fronting the tanks, having
a lay-by for two barges-alongside at the same
time.
The method adopted was as follows'The
semi-solid and solid slop was delivered direct into
the barges, the liquid slop being shot into the tanks,
which after filtering for a few days, was sufficiently
solid to be wheeled from the tanks into the barges.
During the nine weeks of working days—from
January 17th to March 24th—2,171 loads were
deposited in a liquid state into the tanks, and 606
loads from the carts into the barges direct; the total
number of barge loads conveyed away being 48.
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