Knights Lane Culvert
Inspection of a culvert beneath the site of the old Edmonton Town Hall (above), demolished in 1989, identified a number of areas of concrete spalling in the soffit and loss of mortar to brickwork.
A Rhinoceros Ltd bridgeworks team trained in confined space working carried out repairs during October and November to this culvert and to the overflow chamber which is situated beneath the pavement on Fore Street. Repairs were carried using Sika Monotop 412N repair mortar. This material has good adhesion and slump properties and is suited to building up soffits and areas where no formwork can be used. Sika MonoTop®-412 N is a fibre reinforced, low shrinkage repair mortar for repair of spalling and damaged concrete in buildings, bridges, infrastructure and superstructure works. Suitable for structural strengthening increasing the bearing capacity of the concrete structure by adding mortar.
The site is rich in local history. The crenelated perpendicular Town Hall was originally built to the designs of George Eedes Eachus in 1884, and extended in 1903. The building was further enlarged in 1902-3 by W. Gilbert Scott, who added public swimming baths (later replaced by Edmonton Green Swimming Pool in 1970.
The Town Hall was demolished in 1989. Knights Lane, running down one side of the site, became a car park in front of the shopping centre and Asda supermarket. The culvert runs below the lane and out under Plevna road at the rear of the shopping centre.
