Sewers
At the same time as new water supplies were being expanded, the Board of Health were concerned about the waste water as well. At the time raw sewage basically seeped away into the limestone, which then contaminated the wells and springs.
The first scheme was reported with plans to the Board of Health in 1876. In 1888 a scheme began to construct a sewage system which entered the foreshore half way between Bailey Lane and Clare House Bridge (probably where the manhole cover and the valve outlet pipe is today). This proved inadequate, and so in June 1897 the Urban District Council approved a £10,000 project to create a new sewage system for the town this would have outlets to the sea concentrated at one point towards Cart Lane, and a storage tank near Berners.
To link up the various parts of the system, a mains sewer was proposed along the sea side of the railway embankment – westwards from the station. This was then the subject of a separate scheme to bury the pipes under a promenade (see promenade pages).
By and large this is what we still have, just with subsequent modifications, such as relaying the pipes in 1989. The most recent of which was in 2012 when United Utilities blasted out a huge storage area under the recreation ground (by the tennis courts). This is a pit some 15 metres in diameter and 18 metres deep to take the overflow when there is a combination of heavy rain and high tides, rather than just letting it flow out into the Bay.
The first scheme was reported with plans to the Board of Health in 1876. In 1888 a scheme began to construct a sewage system which entered the foreshore half way between Bailey Lane and Clare House Bridge (probably where the manhole cover and the valve outlet pipe is today). This proved inadequate, and so in June 1897 the Urban District Council approved a £10,000 project to create a new sewage system for the town this would have outlets to the sea concentrated at one point towards Cart Lane, and a storage tank near Berners.
To link up the various parts of the system, a mains sewer was proposed along the sea side of the railway embankment – westwards from the station. This was then the subject of a separate scheme to bury the pipes under a promenade (see promenade pages).
By and large this is what we still have, just with subsequent modifications, such as relaying the pipes in 1989. The most recent of which was in 2012 when United Utilities blasted out a huge storage area under the recreation ground (by the tennis courts). This is a pit some 15 metres in diameter and 18 metres deep to take the overflow when there is a combination of heavy rain and high tides, rather than just letting it flow out into the Bay.
Relaying the pipes, 1989
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Construction of an 18m deep holding tank, 2012
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Letter from 1899, followed by a set of estimates for the work
