Proposed scheme for the collection, treatment, and disposal of the sewage of Glasgow / by D.M. Nelson.

  • Nelson, D. M.
Date:
[1889]
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Credit: Proposed scheme for the collection, treatment, and disposal of the sewage of Glasgow / by D.M. Nelson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Proposed Scheme for the Collection, Treatment, and Disposal of the Sewage of Glasgovx By D. M. Nelson. [Abstract of Paper read before the Society, 20th March, 1889.] & The problem of how to deal with the sewage of the City of Glasgow, while preserving the purity of the River Clyde, has long occupied the attention of eminent engineers, chemists, and other scientific experts, involving much scheming, labour, and expense, while yielding little else than the fruits of bewilderment and uncertainty as to the successful issue of any one or other of the various processes and methods propounded. Absence of continuity in the schemes promulgated has tended greatly to puzzle the public mind, caused in great measure, as it may be said, by the chemist stepping on where the engineer stepped off, and vice versa, instead of journeying on together through the work from the inception to the termination. Without desiring to dis- parage or question the utility of any of the schemes, I may say that the one I am about to describe has novelty, feasibility, and economy to commend it. I propose to divide the city into four districts, two-north side and two south side of the river. No. 1, being called north-east, starts from the foot of Dixon Street (St. Enoch Square), running parallel with, and conveniently close to, the river and round north side of Glasgow Green, on eastward to a site somewhere on or near the lands of Dalmarnock. No. 2, being north-west, starts also from the foot of Dixon Street, running westward, parallel, and conveniently close to, the river and round by the Queen's Dock to a site somewhere on the lands of Merklands or White- inch. No. 3, being south-east, starts from the foot of South Portland Street, running eastward, parallel with, and conveniently close to the river to a site on or near the lands of Shawfield. No. 4, being south-west, also commences at the foot of South Portland Street, running westward, parallel with, and con- veniently close to, the river, onwards to a site near Fairfield. This system of dividing the city into four districts somewhat equal in extent, yet each possessing features peculiar to itself, has