Identifier: oldnewlondonnarr05thor (find matches)
Title: Old and new London : a narrative of its history, its people, and its places
Year: 1873 (1870s)
Authors: Thornbury, Walter, 1828-1876
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Publisher: London : Cassell, Petter, & Galpin
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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INTERIOR OF SUBWAY, HOLBORN VIADUCT. (From Mr. Hayuood's Report.) Underground London DRAINS AND SEWERS OF THE METROPOLIS. 235
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Section of the Holborn Viaduct showing the subways. (Taken by permission from Mr. Haywood's report.) :^6 OLD AND NEW LONDON. (Underground London. of Sewers, whose members were nominated by the government, and during the nine succeeding years six new and differently-constituted commissions were successively appointed ; but throughout this period they appear to have been unable to mature and carry out works of any magnitude with the view of remedying the evils arising from the sewage flowing into the Thames. In 1854, Mr. Bazalgette, the chief engineer to the Commissioners of Sewers, was directed to prepare a scheme of intercepting sewers, intended to effect the main drainage of London, and Mr. Haywood was associated with him for the northern portion. These plans remained under consideration until the formation of the Metropolitan Board of Works, two years later, when fresh plans for the drainage of the metropolis were drawn up by Mr. (afterwards Sir Joseph) Bazalgette. After some further delay, t

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