Tue 8 May 1832
From John R Denyer
To J. Beare Esq
7 Pall Mall East, London
Gave your letter to Mr Ferrabee an Iron founder & Engineer of this neighbourhood.
On the subject of a pump to keep the water clear of the workmen repairing the sills and bottom work of the locks I am abandoning the idea because of the expense, the need to always keep water on the leather which as work is only occasional we cannot do, and as the Masons generally work at same time as Carpenters considerable quantity of lime from mortar mixed with water pumped out so leather would become dry & immoveable, requiring renewal almost every job.
