Old and new London : a narrative of its history, its people, and its places . ides pumping power to lift the sewage and apart of the rainfall contributed by the district,together estimated at 38,000 gallons per minute, a 42 OLD AND NEW LONDON. [Pimlico. height of eighteen feet in the Low Level Sev/er,which extends from PimHco to the Abbey MillsPumping Station, near Barking, in Essex. Therequisite power is obtained from four high-pressurecondensing beam-engines of an aggregate of 360-horse power. Supplementary power, to be used incase of accident to the principal engines, or onany similar emerg
Old and new London : a narrative of its history, its people, and its places . ides pumping power to lift the sewage and apart of the rainfall contributed by the district,together estimated at 38,000 gallons per minute, a 42 OLD AND NEW LONDON. [Pimlico. height of eighteen feet in the Low Level Sev/er,which extends from PimHco to the Abbey MillsPumping Station, near Barking, in Essex. Therequisite power is obtained from four high-pressurecondensing beam-engines of an aggregate of 360-horse power. Supplementary power, to be used incase of accident to the principal engines, or onany similar emergency, is provided by an additionalhigh-pressure, non-condensing engine of 120-horse below the entablature which surmounts the , this chimney really makes a most con-spicuous and beautiful object as one comes downthe river. The foundations of this great pile ofbrickwork are carried down into the London clay,and even then bedded in a mass of concretecement 35 feet square. The system of the main-drainage of London,which has been carried out by the Metropolitan. THE MONSTER TEA-GARDENS, 182O. power, supplied from two boilers similar to thosefor the principal engines. This engine and itsboilers are erected in a separate building to therear of the main buildings, near the canal. Theworks further comprise coal vaults, settling pond,and reservoirs for condensing water, repairing-shops,stores, and dwelling-houses for the workmen andsuperintendent in charge of the works. In all theycover nearly four acres. The principal engine-house is situate facing the main road and river,and the height of this building rises to upwards ofseventy-one feet. But all this is dwarfed by thechimney-shaft, which is very nearly the height ofthe Monument, being only ten feet short of shaft is square, and the sides are relieved bythree recessed panels, arched over a short distance Board of Works, comprises 117 square miles ofsewers, and, as each was concluded, it added tothe health and co
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