[42] Survey of the water pipes and drains, 1749

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Reference number

SM 6/1/20

Purpose

[42] Survey of the water pipes and drains, 1749

Aspect

Plan of the water pipes in the east end of the park

Scale

bar scale of 1/2 inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

Scetch of the Water &c in the East Part / of the Park, plan lettered A to H, M, corresponding to key: A The Drein from the Ponds // B. A Well 6 ^ft0 Diameter, 4 ^ft8 Deep, which receives the Water from the Drein A / the Water in which Stands levell, with the Water, in the Piece of Water M // C. A Bason 10 ^ft0 ⁱⁿDiam^rwith a Stone Cylender, which Plays from the Drein, or Waste of / the Piece of Water, and runns of in the Drein D in which there is a stop, / to keep up the Water, to fill the said Bason C to its proper levell // NB There are Plugs & Pipes to let out the Water both of B & C / which discharges the Water, into the Drein D // And another Plug to keep the Water from coming back, out of / the Pond M into B &c // E. A Bason 10^ft0ⁱⁿDiam^rinto which the Sluice G lets the Water, off the Pond // F. The Drein, thro: whcih the Water passes // G. The wooden Sluice, much out of order // H. Drein from the Bason E to the Well I // I. A Well 5^ft0ⁱⁿDiam^rfrom which the Water passes away in the Drein K, Q. why should there be any thing more than the Drein A the Well or // Sespool B arched over, leaving an Opening to be covered with a flap / to come at the Plugs // C. Taken away and the Drein made good // E. Taken away and the Drein made good to I / & I either coverd or left open, with an Upright Fence; (verso, pencil) Scetch of Water & / Dreins Wells &c in the / East Part of Park

Signed and dated

1794
Datable to 1794 in accord with drawing 40

Medium and dimensions

pencil, pen and green and sepia washes on laid paper with two fold marks (549 x 346)

Hand

Soane Office, draughtsman
Soane office of Henry Flitcroft (1697-1769)

Watermark

GR beneath crown and Britannia within circular bordered frame

Level

Drawing

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