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Mar 26, 2019 · The Victorian brick-lined tunnels are still the basis of London's sewer system even today, thanks to Joseph Bazalgette's foresight. Alternative proposals for the Metropolitan sewers proposed narrow-bore pipes, which would have been big enough to carry away the waste of the population of London in the 1850s.
Sir Joseph William Bazalgette CB ( / ˈbæzəldʒɛt /; 28 March 1819 – 15 March 1891) was an English civil engineer. As Chief Engineer of London's Metropolitan Board of Works, his major achievement was the creation of a sewerage system for central London, in response to the Great Stink of 1858, which was instrumental in relieving the city of ...
Joseph Bazalgette was born in London on 28 March 1819. His father was a captain in the Royal Navy. Bazalgette began his career as a railway engineer, gaining considerable experience in land ...
Jun 28, 2021 · Bazalgette’s system involved the construction of 1,100 miles of brick-lined street sewers feeding into 82 miles of intercepting sewers. Bazalgette was knighted in 1874, retired in 1889, and died just two years later; his remains lie in a magnificent mausoleum at St Mary’s Church, steps from his home in Wimbledon.
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By 1875, engineer Joseph Bazalgette had spent £6.5 million building or revamping 2,100 km (1,300 miles) of sewers in London. Discover how two men, Dr John Snow, and Joseph Bazalgette helped clean-up London by understanding cholera and introducing an efficient sewage system.
Apr 22, 2024 · Sir Joseph Bazalgette was a British civil engineer who designed London’s sewer system, significantly reducing cholera and cleaning the Thames, following the Great Stink of 1858. He also designed Hammersmith Bridge. Image: Bazalgette’s Mausoleum in Wimbledon.
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A BBC documentary entitled The Five Billion Pound Super Sewer focuses on the Thames Tideway Scheme. Charles Palliser's novel The Quincunx features the old, pre-Bazalgette London sewers of the early nineteenth century in an extensive sub-plot. The sewer system served as the hideout of Professor Ratigan in Disney's 1986 film The Great Mouse ...
