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Ashburton Grove. The London Bridge sewer (Pitfield Street Branch)
was overfull in Coleman Street by St. Paul's Street and in New North
Road by Shepperton Road. The sewer in Holloway Road from Highbury
Brewery to the Great Northern Railway Bridge was overfull, and the
sewer under the Tottenham and Hampstead Junction Railway was also
overfull, the water at Crouch Hill Railway Station rising to a height of
5 ft. 9 in. above the level of the rails. The ventilator over the London
County Council's Holloway Storm Relief Sewer, opposite No. 23, Lowman
Road, was lifted from its brickwork bed by the force of the water in the
sewer and large quantities of water were ejected into the road.
A scheme was prepared by the Surveyor for the construction
of an intercepting sewer which should take the storm water from the
north-eastern part of Upper Holloway and discharge it into the London
County Council's Holloway Relief Sewer in Holloway Road by
Fairbridge Road. The Works Committee called the attention of the
Main Drainage Committee of the Council to the matter representing
the frequency of the flooding of the Tottenham and Hampstead Junction
Railway and asking whether the Council would permit the proposed
intercepting sewer being connected with that Sewer. The Main
Drainage Committee of the Council, however, replied that they were of
opinion that the connection would increase the risk of flooding in the
neighbourhood of Highbury, Kingsland, and Dalston where their
sewer becomes surcharged in times of heavy rain, and that until some
further provision for the drainage of the high and middle level areas is
made it would be injudicious to sanction it. It follows therefore that
until some action is taken by the London County Council for the
drainage of the areas referred to this part of the parish will be
liable to flooding when heavy storms occur.
BUILDING AND DRAINAGE NOTICES.
Plans and notices have been submitted to the Vestry under and
pursuant to the provisions of the Metropolis Local Management Acts
in respect of the drainage of the following buildings, &c., in the
parish:—
Houses 317
Shops 67