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The whole of the pipe sewers in the parish were
flushed by water supplied by the New River Company,
and the brick sewers, where practicable, by
water from the main sewers being turned through
them by means of flushing gates fixed in the sewers
for that purpose.
The following table shows the length of various
sewers in Clerkenwell: —
2,016
feet run 9 inch pipe sewers
11,531
,, 12 „ ,,
870
,, 15 ,, ,,
2,060
,, 18 ,, ,,
370
,, 15 „ brick barrel sewers
1,962
,, 18 ,, ,, ,,
3,676
„ 2 feet „ „
210
,, 2 ft. 6 in. ,, ,,
90
,, 2 ft. 6 in. by 2 ft. brick sewers
2,390
,, 3 ft. by 2 ft. ,,
925
„ 3 ft. 3 in. by 2 ft. 2 in. ,,
740
,, 3 ft. 5 in. by 2 ft. 5 in. ,,
500
,, 3 ft. 6 in. by 2 ft. ,,
1,420
,, 3 ft. 9 in. by 2 ft. 4 in. ,,
5,418
,, 3 ft. 9 in. by 2 ft. 6 in. ,,
280
,, 4 ft. by 2 ft. „
1,120
,, 4 ft. by 2 ft. 6 in. ,,
2,380
,, 4 ft. by 2 ft. 8 in. ,,
4,090
,, 4 ft. 4 in. by 2 ft. 6 in. ,,
21,740
,, 4 ft. 6 in. by 2 ft. 6 in. ,,
8,730
,, 4 ft. 6 in. by 2 ft. 9 in. ,,