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Forcier, near London Bridge.-Erected by Peter Moris, a Dutchman, in 1582, for the supply of water to the eastern part of the City (S. 18).
Water was conveyed over the steeple of St. Magnus Church at the north end of London Bridge to houses in Thames Street, New Fish Street and Grasse Street up to the north-west corner of Leadenhall, the highest ground of the City (ib. 189).
Forcier, near Broken Wharf.-Erected by Bevis Bulmer in 1594 within the gate of an old stone house belonging to the Duke of Norfolk, 11 H. VI., by Broken Wharf, to convey Thames water into men's houses of West Cheape, St. Paul's, Fleet Street, etc. (S. 18, 364).
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