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A vivid account of the life and work of Sir Joseph Bazalgette, the engineer who designed and built the system of intercepting sewers, pumping stations and treatment works that cleaned up Victorian London.

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An extraordinary history

-- Peter Ackroyd

A lively account of (Bazalgette’s) magnificent achievements. . . graphically illustrated

-- Hermione Hobhouse

Halliday is good on sanitary engineering and even better on cloaca, crud and putrefaction . . . (he) writes with the relish of one who savours his subject and has deeply researched it. . . splendidly illustrated

-- Ruth Rendell

The Great Stink of London

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    A Paperback / softback by Stephen Halliday, Adam Hart-Davis

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      Publisher: The History Press Ltd
      Publication Date: 15/02/2001
      ISBN13: 9780750925808, 978-0750925808
      ISBN10: 0750925809

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A vivid account of the life and work of Sir Joseph Bazalgette, the engineer who designed and built the system of intercepting sewers, pumping stations and treatment works that cleaned up Victorian London.

      Trade Review

      An extraordinary history

      -- Peter Ackroyd

      A lively account of (Bazalgette’s) magnificent achievements. . . graphically illustrated

      -- Hermione Hobhouse

      Halliday is good on sanitary engineering and even better on cloaca, crud and putrefaction . . . (he) writes with the relish of one who savours his subject and has deeply researched it. . . splendidly illustrated

      -- Ruth Rendell

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