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Mar 26, 2019 · 28 March is the birth anniversary of Joseph Bazalgette, the Victorian engineer who masterminded London's modern sewer system. Learn how Bazalgette helped clear the city's streets of poo, and how you're still benefiting from his genius every time you flush.
Sir Joseph William Bazalgette CB (/ ˈ b æ z əl dʒ ɛ t /; 28 March 1819 – 15 March 1891) was a British civil engineer. As Chief Engineer of London's Metropolitan Board of Works , his major achievement was the creation (in response to the Great Stink of 1858) of a sewerage system for central London which was instrumental in relieving the ...
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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. These were designed to run roughly parallel to the Thames, diverting the waste eastwards to be discharged into the river 12 miles downstream from the city.
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Read a biography about the life of Joseph Bazalgette. Discover why efficient sewage system design was so important to London.
Joseph Bazalgette, a civil engineer and Chief Engineer of the Metropolitan Board of Works, was given responsibility for the work. He and his colleagues, including William Haywood, designed an extensive underground sewerage system that diverted waste to the Thames Estuary, downstream of the main centre of population.
Apr 22, 2024 · Sir Joseph Bazalgette, an engineer appointed by the Metropolitan Board of Works, was tasked with designing a comprehensive sewer network to combat this public health crisis. Bazalgette’s design was visionary.
Sir Joseph William Bazalgette was a British civil engineer who designed the main drainage system for London. After working on projects in Northern Ireland, Bazalgette in 1842 became a consulting engineer at Westminster. Seven years later he joined the London Metropolitan Commission of Sewers,
