Sir Joseph Bazalgette | |
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| Born | Joseph William Bazalgette 28 March 1819 |
| Died | 15 March 1891 (aged 71) Wimbledon, Surrey, England |
| Occupation | Civil engineer |
| Spouse |
Maria Keogh (m. 1845) |
| Children | 10 |
Sir Joseph William Bazalgette CB (/ˈbæzəldʒɛt/; 28 March 1819 – 15 March 1891) was an English civil engineer. As Chief Engineer of London's Metropolitan Board of Works, his major achievement was the creation of a 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.[1] He later designed Hammersmith Bridge.
- ^ Halliday, Stephen (2013). The Great Stink of London: Sir Joseph Bazalgette and the Cleansing of the Victorian Metropolis. The History Press. ISBN 978-0752493787.