Excavated kitchen floor drain

Interior view of northeast corner of kitchen showing enlarged opening around original site of kitchen floor drain. This original drain passed through the wall on bedrock 6-8 inches below the original floor elevation, draining from a sediment-trough ["pit"] lined with stone or brick. The trough will be restored in conjunction with reconstruction of the kitchen floor at its original elevation, approximately 6.25 inches lower than the top of the entry door-sill and about 6-8 inches above the bedrock floor [which will also be the trough floor]. See DTR09PH82--1001.01.171 for an interior view of this drain as restored. Laurence Ward, 2009