Joseph Bazalgette
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. He later designed Hammersmith Bridge.
Sir Joseph Bazalgette CB | |
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| Born | Joseph William Bazalgette 28 March 1819 Clay Hill, Middlesex, England |
| Died | 15 March 1891 (aged 71) Wimbledon, Surrey, England |
| Occupation | Civil engineer |
| Children | 10 |
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