London sewer system

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public works project sanitation infrastructure sewer system urban infrastructure

The London sewer system is a vast 19th-century underground infrastructure project that transformed the city’s sanitation and public health by efficiently removing waste and reducing waterborne diseases.

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Surface form Occurrences
London sewer network 1
London sewers 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf public works project ⓘ
sanitation infrastructure ⓘ
sewer system ⓘ
urban infrastructure ⓘ
authority Metropolitan Board of Works NERFINISHED ⓘ
chiefEngineer Joseph Bazalgette NERFINISHED ⓘ
constructionEnd 1875 ⓘ
constructionStart 1859 ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
designer Joseph Bazalgette NERFINISHED ⓘ
dischargesInto River Thames NERFINISHED ⓘ
expandedBy 20th-century extensions and upgrades ⓘ
hasPart Albert Embankment sewers NERFINISHED ⓘ
Chelsea Embankment sewers NERFINISHED ⓘ
Northern Outfall Sewer NERFINISHED ⓘ
Southern Outfall Sewer NERFINISHED ⓘ
Thames Embankment sewers NERFINISHED ⓘ
Victoria Embankment sewers NERFINISHED ⓘ
combined sewers ⓘ
embankment sewers ⓘ
interceptor sewers ⓘ
outfall sewers ⓘ
pumping stations ⓘ
heritageStatus parts are protected historic structures ⓘ
influenced modern urban sewer design worldwide ⓘ
length over 1,000 miles of sewers (approximate, historical network) ⓘ
locatedIn England ⓘ
Greater London ⓘ
London NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainCityServed London NERFINISHED ⓘ
managingOrganization Thames Water NERFINISHED ⓘ
motivatedBy Great Stink of 1858 NERFINISHED ⓘ
cholera outbreaks in London ⓘ
notableFor integration with Thames Embankment NERFINISHED ⓘ
reducing cholera and other waterborne diseases ⓘ
transforming London’s sanitation ⓘ
notablePumpingStation Abbey Mills Pumping Station GENERATED ⓘ
Crossness Pumping Station GENERATED ⓘ
originalTechnology brick-lined tunnels ⓘ
steam-powered pumps ⓘ
period 19th century ⓘ
precededBy cesspits in London ⓘ
direct discharge of sewage into the Thames ⓘ
purpose improvement of public health ⓘ
reduction of waterborne diseases ⓘ
stormwater drainage ⓘ
wastewater removal ⓘ
relatedProject Thames Tideway Tunnel NERFINISHED ⓘ
uses gravity-fed sewers ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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Joseph Bazalgette → notableWork → London sewer system ⓘ
River Fleet (culverted) → partOf → London sewer system ⓘ
this entity surface form: London sewer network
"Attack of the Cybermen" → featuresLocation → London sewer system ⓘ
subject surface form: Attack of the Cybermen
this entity surface form: London sewers