London Sewage System - Thames embankment in the position of the low-level sewer is shown - A.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.

E. Huitt was a British artist and engraver active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known primarily for technical and illustrative engravings, often after photographs. 

Key facts about Arthur. E. Huitt:

• Active Period: Their work is recorded from the late 19th century around the 1860s and 1870s to c. 1900.

• Specialty: E. Huitt produced engravings, often for publications like Cassell's History of England, and created detailed illustrations for technical subjects.

• Notable Works/Subjects:

  • An engraving depicting a section through the Metropolitan District Railway and the River Thames, dated 1867, held in the London Transport Museum collection.