Joseph Bazalgette

Sir Joseph William Bazalgette (28 March 1819 – 15 March 1891) was one of the great Victorian civil engineers. As the chief engineer of London's Metropolitan Board of Works, his major achievement was the creation of a sewer network for central London that helped relieve the city from cholera epidemics, while beginning the clean-up of the River Thames that had reached a nadir with "The Great Stink" of 1858.

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28 March - 1819 - 15 March - 1891 - Victorian - Civil engineers - Engineer - London - Metropolitan Board of Works - Sewer network for central London - Cholera - Thames - The Great Stink - 1858

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