London Sewage System - Thames embankment in the position of the low-level sewer is shown - E Huitt? - 1865
Cross-section of part of the London sewer system designed by Bazalgette unhealthy and unpleasant. Parliament decamped and the incident gave weight to existing plans for sewers. These had been designed by Joseph Bazalgette. He estimated how large they should be based on some simple metrics. He measured the effluent from the densest part of London, Westminster. He then assumed that the rest of London had the same density. And then he doubled the requirement. The result was a sewer system that is only now having to be upgraded and added to, as much as the result of new regulations as of the need for more capacity. The long term payback on this investment has been immense.
Presumably the designs by Fowler criticized by Bazalgette in Illustrated London news, 14 October 1865, p. 355. Section of the Thames embankment, 1867. Showing (1) the subway. The low-level sewer. (3) The Metropolitan District railway. The pneumatic railway.
Illustrated London News - E Huitt - Engr.
Cross-section of part of the London sewer system designed by Bazalgette unhealthy and unpleasant. Parliament decamped and the incident gave weight to existing plans for sewers. These had been designed by Joseph Bazalgette. He estimated how large they should be based on some simple metrics. He measured the effluent from the densest part of London, Westminster. He then assumed that the rest of London had the same density. And then he doubled the requirement. The result was a sewer system that is only now having to be upgraded and added to, as much as the result of new regulations as of the need for more capacity. The long term payback on this investment has been immense.
Presumably the designs by Fowler criticized by Bazalgette in Illustrated London news, 14 October 1865, p. 355. Section of the Thames embankment, 1867. Showing (1) the subway. The low-level sewer. (3) The Metropolitan District railway. The pneumatic railway.
Illustrated London News - E Huitt - Engr.
Cross-section of part of the London sewer system designed by Bazalgette unhealthy and unpleasant. Parliament decamped and the incident gave weight to existing plans for sewers. These had been designed by Joseph Bazalgette. He estimated how large they should be based on some simple metrics. He measured the effluent from the densest part of London, Westminster. He then assumed that the rest of London had the same density. And then he doubled the requirement. The result was a sewer system that is only now having to be upgraded and added to, as much as the result of new regulations as of the need for more capacity. The long term payback on this investment has been immense.
Presumably the designs by Fowler criticized by Bazalgette in Illustrated London news, 14 October 1865, p. 355. Section of the Thames embankment, 1867. Showing (1) the subway. The low-level sewer. (3) The Metropolitan District railway. The pneumatic railway.
Illustrated London News - E Huitt - Engr.
Code : A456
Cartographer : Cartographer / Engraver / Publisher: E Huitt?
Date : Publication Place / Date - 1865
Size : Sheet size: Image Size: 14 x 21 cm
Availability : Available
Type - Genuine - Antique
Grading B+
Where Applicable - Folds as issued. Light box photo shows the folio leaf centre margin hinge ‘glue’, this is not visible otherwise.
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