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date the water rose to a height of 2 feet 4 inches above the rails
at Crouch Hill Station, and 1 foot above the rails at Hornsey Road
Station, the traffic on the railway having to be suspended for threequarters
of an hour. On the latter date the water rose 4 inches above
the rails at Crouch Hill Station, and 12 inches at Hornsey Road Station.
On the 2nd August, 1891, several very heavy falls of rain occurred, the
water rising to a height of 3 feet 6 inches above the rails at Crouch
Hill Station, and 1 foot 3 inches at Hornsey Road Station. On
this occasion the London County Council's Northern High Level Sewer
was running full in Holloway Road opposite No. 416 and was overfull
opposite No. 417, and its Fleet Branch Sewer in Caledonian
Road was overfull between Caledonian Crescent and Lyon Street.
The Cattle Market outfall sewer was overfull from the Cattle Market
to Ilolloway Road ; the sewer in the latter road was overfull between
the Great Northern Railway Bridge and George's Road; the sewer
in Seven Sisters Road was overfull opposite No. 199; the sewer in
Fonthill Road, near Seven Sisters Road, was overfull; and the sewer in
Blackstock Road, between Monsell Road and Seven Sisters Road, was
also overfull.
On the 19th August there were two heavy thunderstorms, when
the following sewers were overfull:—
London County Council Sewers.
The Hackney Brook Sewer in Holloway Road, from Tufnell Park
Road to Manor Gardens.
The Northern High Level, opposite No. 416, Ilolloway Road,
opposite No. 45, Tollington Road, and opposite No. 10, Monsell Road.
The Fleet Branch Sewer in Caledonian Road, from Caledonia
Crescent to Luard Street.
The Balls Pond Branch of the London Bridge Sewer, from
Mildmay Road by Boleyn Road, to Southgate Road by Shepperton
Road; also the Pitfield Street Branch of the same sewer, from St. Paul's
Street by Coleman Street, to New North Road by Popham Road.