The Civil engineer and architect's journal, scientific and railway gazette (1839)
London : [William Laxton] · leaf 296
The situation of the town is very low and is intrrsected with rivers,brooks, and canals, and the engineers have had recourse to the passingof Becket Well Brook, underneath the sewer, by a cast iron syphon.The water in the brook being retained to a certain level, the surplusrunning over a waste weir… … water in the brook being passed underneath the sewer, and continuingits course. This ingenious plan of the engineer is shown in the an-nexed engravings. Fig. 1 is the section of the main sewer; fig. 2 isa section of the sewer, showing the passage of the brook or syphonunder it; and fig. 3 a…
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