Main entry:

Halliday, Stephen.

Title & Author:

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.
Dust jacket.
Library copy: Notations by Cedric Price.
Library copy: Presentation copy to Cedric Price from Troad [i.e. David Price], Sept. 2000.
In Related Ephemera: 1 photograph.

Summary:

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 Engineer Sir Joseph Bazalgette was chosen to change the city's outdated sanitation system.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

Subject:

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.
London (England) Social conditions.
London (England) History 19th century.

Form/genre:

Biographies.
History.

Added entries:

Cedric Price Library
Cedric Price fonds
Presentation copies. Price, David, RIBA, MRTPI

Holdings:

Location: Library main price 267596
Call No.: BIB 199570
Status: Available

Location: Library main price related ephemera 267801
Call No.: BIB 199570
Status: Available