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London's sewers |
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The building of London's modern sewerage system from 1859 was to be Sir Joseph Bazalgette's finest hour. As the chief engineer to the Metropolitan Board of Works, he had a projected five years to build the sewers at a cost of £3 million, with a thousand labourers... |
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