Barrie Yates – Joseph Bazalgette and the Great Stink

A talk by Barries Yates on Joseph Bazalgette and the Great Stink.

Barry writes:
In London in the 1850’s it became impossible for Parliament to work due to the smell from the open sewer that the Thames had become,  known as the ‘Great Stink’. Action was taken that London still benefits from today. Bazalgette not only installed many miles of new sewerage pipes and infrastructure, he redesigned much of London, and thousands of deaths due to Cholera were saved as well. Oh, and did I mention that in between he sired eleven children?

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