The Great Stink of London
Sir Joseph Bazalgette and the Cleansing of the Victorian Metropolis
- Format: Pocket
- Språk: Engelsk
- Forlag/Utgiver: SD Books
- EAN: 9781803993287
- Utgivelsesår: 2023
- Bidragsyter: Halliday, Stephen
¿An extraordinary history¿ PETER ACKROYD, The Times
¿A lively account of (Bazalgette¿s) magnificent achievements. . . graphically illustrated¿ HERMIONE HOBHOUSE
¿Halliday is good on sanitary engineering and even better on cloaca, crud and putrefaction . . . (he) writes with the relish of one who savours his subject and has deeply researched it. . . splendidly illustrated¿ RUTH RENDELL
In the sweltering summer of 1858, sewage generated by over two million Londoners was pouring into the Thames, producing a stink so offensive that it drove Members of Parliament from the chamber of the House of Commons.
The Times called the crisis ¿The Great Stink¿. Parliament had to act ¿ drastic measures were required to clean the Thames and to improve London¿s primitive system of sanitation. The great engineer entrusted with this enormous task was Sir Joseph Bazalgette, who rose to the challe