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The Sessional Papers of the House of Lords. Session 1854-5, (18

The Sessional Papers of the House of Lords. Session 1854-5, (18

The Sessional Papers of the House of Lords. Session 1854-5, (18 & 19 Victoriae) Arranged in Volumes. Vol. XXXVII..cBooks Group
The Sessional Papers of the House of Lords. Session 1854-5, (18 & 19 Victoriae) Arranged in Volumes. Vol. XXXVII.
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Author: Books Group
Page Count: 106 pages
Published Date: 10 May 2012
Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
Publication Country: Miami Fl, United States
Language: English
ISBN: 9781231173763
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1855 Excerpt: ...in houses will be more readily comprehended, and discrepancies between the present and former analyses sufficiently explained. Metropolitan Water Companies. The map published by the Board of Health exhibits the districts deriving their water from the respective water companies. The following table affords a view of the amount of water supplied by each company daily in 1853. But the subsequent analyses show that these waters contain a considerable amount of solid inorganic and organic matter. Reckoning the mean solid matter in a gallon at 275 grains, the total solids pumped by the water companies daily amount to 238,128 pounds avoirdupois, or 19 ounces to each inhabitant of 2,000,000. The amount of organic matter in the daily water supply at 307 grains per gallon averages 26,458 pounds daily. 1. Lambeth Company.--The highest point at which water is taken from the river is at Thames Ditton, to the neighbourhood of which, after the laps j of a short period, all the waterworks of the Thames are to be transferred. In Tables II. and IX. Lambeth water is placed first, as being derived from a point nearer than any of the companies to the source of the river, and hence containing a less amount of total impurity than is characteristic of the water taken at a lower point in the river's course to the ocean. This company supplies Lambeth and Brixton, cc. 2. Grand Junction Company.--This company derives its water from the Thames at Brentford, and is distributed towards Paddington and Westminster. 3. West Middlesex Company.--Descending the river the works of tliis Company are reached at Barnes, from whence it is distributed to Hammersmith, Marylebone, and the liegent's Park, &c. 4. Chelsea Comp.oni/ draws its supply from the river on the north Districts sup...

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