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Drainage and Sewerage Improvements for Landed Estates and Cities
The document argues for extensive drainage and sewerage reforms to improve health and productivity. It details entailed estates shortages, suggests borrowing against estates, and emphasizes extensive sewer design including fall gradients, egg shaped arches, flushing gates, and house drains. It cites Mr. Roe and Mr. Guthrie's drain innovations and a 24 inch tubular system for comprehensive waste conveyance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Beaumont
Yorkshire
Thomas May
Exeter
Frank Forster
London
Flockton
Bingham
Reading
Dyce Guthrie
James Simpson
Edinburgh
Guthrie
Baths, &c