“The point selected for the pumping station is between the railway at
Trowse Station and the river Yare; and a large piece of garden ground
has been purchased, and engine and boilerhouses, workshops, &c., have
been erected. Adjoining the engine-well are the grating tank and
penstock chamber, and with these the principal main sewer
communicates. This sewer, which is 6 ft by 4 ft., is intended to be
carried under the bottom of Bracondale, Carrow Hill, and along King
Street to near Messrs. Morgan’s brewery, where it will receive the
high-level sewer. This sewer will be from 30 ft. to 80 ft. below the
surface of the ground. From this point it will be 5 ft. 3 in. by 3
ft. 6 in., and will be continued along King Street to the top of Rose
Lane; here one branch will turn off to the right under Rose Lane,
beneath the bottom of the river near Foundry Bridge, under the towing
path, to beyond Bishopgate Bridge, where it will unite with the
present outfall sewer, and receive the whole of the drainage of the
northern portion of the city. From Rose Lane the main will continue
to Tombland, where a branch will extend to Bishopgate Bridge, with
subsidiary branches to Quay Side, &c.; it will then turn to the left
under Prince’s Street, St. Andrews Broad Street, Charing Cross, and
Lower Westwick Street, and will unite with the present sewer emptying
itself at the New Mills.
“From the end of the principal main near Messrs. Morgan’s in King
Street the high-level sewer will commence with a flight of granite
steps, about 30 feet in height, and continue 4 ft. 6 in. by 3 ft.,
gradually reducing, and carried under King Street to Rose Lane,
across the Bull Ring, where it will be about 44 feet below the
surface, under Opie Street, Bedford Street, Pottergate Street, West
Pottergate Street, Mill Hill, Rose Valley, Mount Pleasant, Town Close
Road to Ipswich Road, and will provide for the sewage of a very large
district hitherto entirely undrained.
“Self-acting Storm Overflows are provided at several convenient
points, and also numerous shafts for access to, and ventilation of,
the sewers. At the pumping station at Trowse the sewage, after
passing through gratings to prevent sticks and other substances from
choking the pump valves, will pass into the engine-well, from whence
it will be pumped through cast-iron pipes 20 inches in diameter, laid
under the Kirby Road to near the cross road leading to the Bungay
Road, and then be led in a main conduit across the centre of the land
hired by the Board, and by means of small feeders to every part of
the farm.
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