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No. 3 a work yard of the Joseph Bazalgette sewer system. Much of London was dug up to incorporate modern foul water handling for the growing city of London after matters were brought to a head by the ‘Great Stink’ of summer 1858. Surplus farm carts and wagons from countryside overtaken by the urban growth were used for the movement of the iron pipe castings that connected the locality to the new sewer system.
No. 3 a work yard of the Joseph Bazalgette sewer system. Much of London was dug up to incorporate modern foul water handling for the growing city of London after matters were brought to a head by the ‘Great Stink’ of summer 1858. Surplus farm carts and wagons from countryside overtaken by the urban growth were used for the movement of the iron pipe castings that connected the locality to the new sewer system.