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being made to relieve the sewers of surface water as far as
practicable.
Name of New Street.
Size of Pipe.
Length of
Pipe.
Remarks.
LEWISHAM.
Inches.
Devonshire Rood
12
2100
Carried out at the cost of
the Board.
Montem Road and
Stanstead Road
18 and 12
1000
Carried out at the expense
of the Board.
Tyson Road
12
700
Ditto
PENGE.
Avington Road
9
430
Charged in Apportionment.
Forbes Road
9
580
Ditto ditto
Kingswood Road
9
560
The coat of a 9-inch pipe
charged in the apportionment,
and the extra cost
of laying the 18-inch pipe
defrayed by the Board.
Genoa Road
9
420
Carried out at coat of British
Land Company
Stodart Road
9
435
Melrin Road
9
446
Padua Road .
9
445
A very heavy flood occurred in Lewisham upon the morning
of the 24th of December. Several feet of water were in the basements
of the houses, and much inconvenience was experienced by
the residents. Full particulars will be found in my report
Minutes, 24th January, 1877, page 82, par. 11-1. In consequence
of this flood I was instructed to make a plan and section of the
river Ravensbourne from where it enters the district to the tideway
in Deptford Creek. This is a work involving a great deal of
labour, and could not be completed within the year.
Referring to my Report of last year in which I mentioned
the want of an outfall sewer in Brockley Lane, at the boundary of
Deptford, the construction of the Ivy Lane sewer will supply this
want, and I have prepared plans, and apportionments, of the
necessary sewers for the drainage of the houses in the roads situated
on the Brockley Hurst, or Webb's estate, and I hope soon to have
instructions to carry out the work. Negociations are in a forward
state for the construction of a portion of the valley line sewer along