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The great stink of London : Sir Joseph Bazalgette and the cleansing of the Victorian capital

Halliday, Stephen2001
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In the sweltering summer of 1858 the stink of sewage from the polluted river Thames was extremely offensive. Engineer Sir Joseph Bazalgette was chosen to change the city's outdated sanitation system. This text examines his great achievement.
Main title:
The great stink of London : Sir Joseph Bazalgette and the cleansing of the Victorian capital / Stephen Halliday ; foreword by Adam Hart-Davis.
Author:
Halliday, Stephen
Imprint:
Stroud : Sutton, 2001.
Collation:
xiii, 210p., [8]p. of plates : ill. (some col.), facsim., map, ports. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: 1999.Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-206) and index.
ISBN:
9780750925808 (pbk)
Dewey class:
942.1081092942.1081
Language:
English
Subject:
Bazalgette, JosephEngineers -- Great Britain -- BiographySanitary engineering -- England -- London -- History -- 19th centuryLondon (England) -- Social conditions -- 19th century
BRN:
702808
Bookmark link:
https://wigan.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=702808

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