Entrée principale:

Halliday, Stephen.

Titre et auteur:

The great stink of London : Sir Joseph Bazalgette and the cleansing of the Victorian capital / Stephen Halliday ; foreword by Adam Hart-Davis.

Publication:

Thrupp, Stroud, Gloucestershire : Sutton Pub., ©1999.

Description:

xiii, 210 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-206) and index.
Introduction: who was Joseph Bazalgette? -- 1. London's Sanitation before 1850 -- 2. The Water-closet: 'No filth in the sewers, all in the river' -- 3. A Government for London -- 4. 'The most extensive and wonderful work of modern times' -- 5. Where there's Muck there's Brass? -- 6. Cholera -- 7. Building the Embankments -- 8. Thoroughfares, Housing and Open Spaces -- 9. Conclusion.

Résumé:

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 Engineer Sir Joseph Bazalgette was chosen to change the city's outdated sanitation system.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.

ISBN:

0750919752 (paperback)
9780750919753 (paperback)

Sujet:

Bazalgette, Joseph William, Sir, 1819-1891.
Engineers England Biography.
Sewerage England London History 19th century.
Ingénieurs Angleterre Biographies.
Égouts Angleterre Londres Histoire 19e siècle.
Engineers
Sewerage
Hygiëne.
Openbare werken.
England
England London
Engineers Great Britian Sanitary Engineering England 19th Century Social Conditions

Classification/genre:

Biography
Biographies
History

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