Joseph Bazalgette
English civil engineer (1819–1891) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sir Joseph William Bazalgette CB (/ˈbæzəldʒɛt/; 28 March 1819 – 15 March 1891) was a British civil engineer. As Chief Engineer of London's Metropolitan Board of Works, his major achievement was the creation (in response to the Great Stink of 1858) of a sewerage system for central London which was instrumental in relieving the city of cholera epidemics, while beginning to clean the River Thames.[1] He later designed Hammersmith Bridge.
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Sir Joseph Bazalgette | |
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Born | Joseph William Bazalgette (1819-03-28)28 March 1819 |
Died | 15 March 1891(1891-03-15) (aged 71) Wimbledon, Surrey, England |
Occupation | Civil engineer |
Children | 10 |
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