Re: Maiden name Brickwall

On 20/08/2011 01:28, Charles Ellson wrote:
On Fri, 19 Aug 2011 08:58:09 +0100, Graeme Wall
<rail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On 18/08/2011 22:16, CWatters wrote:

I have a slight problem with a miner living in Islington...
-- > Graeme Wall

tunnels under the Thames, tube tunnels . . . .

Regards
John Henley


Sewers?


Sewers are laid in trenches, doesn't need miners.

You can't dig a trench through a river and digging a trench is not
recommended when the ground above your downhill-flowing sewer is going
seriously uphill or there is e.g. a railway line in the way. One
building I used to frequent was beside the MetLoobilee[TM] Line and
the local area's main sewer passed under both; the building's site
plans indicated a depth of about 80-90 ft for the access shaft in the
"back garden" (which the current occupiers have very carefully
tarmaced over :-( ).

The bit I forgot was we are talking about London with Mr Bazalgette's masterpiece of underground engineering. Though I would still expect them to be called tunnelers and not miners.

--
Graeme Wall
This account not read, substitute trains for rail.
Railway Miscellany at <www.greywall.demon.co.uk/rail>
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