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A History of the County of Essex
… to the suburbs. Extensive waterways were also vital, for drainage and transport as well as water supply. Plenty of …
A History of the County of Essex
… times those marshes were protected by embankments and drainage ditches. 7 During the past hundred years, in the … areas by means of rubbish tipping, 8 while the open drainage ditches have been replaced by piped sewers. 9 The …
A History of the County of Essex
… He then played a prominent part in an attempt to deal with drainage problems. By this time the inadequacy of West Ham's … The population was approaching 20,000, but the only public drainage was the agricultural system of open ditches … convened a small meeting of ratepayers to discuss a main drainage scheme for the parish proposed by the commissioners …
A History of the County of Essex
… Abbey, which thus had the main responsibility for land drainage and sea defences. 20 In the 14th and 15th centuries … of the commissioners of sewers in order to improve drainage. The largest such area was High Meads, which lay … at Stratford, Canning Town, and Hallsville. The open drainage ditches, which had served agricultural needs well …
A History of the County of Essex
… the Lea at Stratford was carried out in 19315 to improve drainage and navigation. Drainage was by then especially important. The Stratford Back … sewer, but the Back rivers were still vital to storm drainage and they had become derelict and choked with …
A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 10
… Lydford was cold, wet clay, which was not very fertile but drainage under turf had improved the land. Pasture was worth …
Survey of London
… brickwork punctuated by windows and private balconies. For drainage purposes the balcony fronts stop just short of the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… obliterated or severely damaged, especially by ploughing, drainage and tree planting. Where best preserved, just N. of …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… lie under water for most of the year, 13 and in spite of drainage work in the late 19th century 14 it remained liable …
Old and New London
… the construction and adaptation of machinery; and in the drainage of cities and towns." The institution itself …