One of the best forms of gully pit is that manufactured by Messrs. Oates and Green of Halifax, as it meets nearly all the requirements which I have summarised as being necessary for this description of work. The following drawing will explain itself:
What is called a “buddle hole,” which is an opening under the kerb, has much to recommend it as giving a free unobstructed waterway and at the same time avoiding the necessity of a grating in the street itself. The following drawing will explain the general features of this “buddle-hole:”
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A great number of different descriptions and forms of gully pits are shown in Mr. Baldwin Latham’s excellent book on sanitary engineering, to which I refer my readers for any further information upon this subject.
[110] ‘The Maintenance of Macadamised Roads,’ by Thomas Codrington, p. 18.
[111] In many towns the gully gratings are purposely in direct communication with the sewers, so as to act as ventilators.