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of this sewer was necessitated in consequence of a very
considerable length of side walls and crown of arch of
the old sewer built in 1851, between Warwick Road
and Randolph Crescent, having become defective and
dangerous. An advantage has been secured by constructing
the new sewer about three feet deeper than
the old sewer, which has been destroyed, so that it will
allow improved gradients to be obtained for outlets of
other sewers having connection with it and consequently
better drainage for houses and premises in this
locality.
At the southern end of St. Petersburgh Place a
3-ft. 9-in. by 2-ft. 6-in. one brick sewer, ninety-eight
feet in length, has been constructed at the Vestry's
cost, in lieu of the defective 12-in. pipe sewer, which
had become choked with heavy deposit and many of
the pipes split and broken in.
The man-hole entrances, constructed to sewers in
various parts of the Parish, have proved of great service
to the Vestry's workmen, and have enabled them
to carry out their works of flushing and cleansing
with safety during storm or rainfall. They have also
been the means whereby the heavy grit deposits from
the sewers have been more easily removed to the surface
of streets and carted away. This improved
condition has been further strengthened by the construction