Sir Joseph William Bazalgette was a British civil engineer. As Chief Engineer of London's Metropolitan Board of Works, his major achievement was the creation of the London Main Drainage, the sewerage system for central London, built in response to the Great Stink of 1858. It was instrumental in relieving the city of cholera epidemics.
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Sir Joseph William Bazalgette (; 28 March 1819-15 March 1891) was a British civil engineer.
In Group: Water Supply, Canal and Harbour Engineers, Introduction
As Chief Engineer of London's Metropolitan Board of Works, his major achievement was the creation of the London Main Drainage, the sewerage system for central London, in response to the Great Stink of 1858, which was instrumental in relieving the city of cholera epidemics, while beginning to clean the River Thames.
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