The Great Stink of London by Stephen Halliday

The Great Stink of London by Stephen Halliday

A vivid account of the life and work of Sir Joseph Bazalgette, the engineer who designed and built the system of intercepting sewers, pumping stations and treatment works that cleaned up Victorian London.

An extraordinary history

-- Peter Ackroyd

A lively account of (Bazalgette’s) magnificent achievements. . graphically illustrated

-- Hermione Hobhouse

Halliday is good on sanitary engineering and even better on cloaca, crud and putrefaction . . . (he) writes with the relish of one who savours his subject and has deeply researched it. . . splendidly illustrated

-- Ruth Rendell

STEPHEN HALLIDAY is a lecturer, broadcaster and writer with a particular interest in the history of London from Roman times to the present day. His books include The Great Stink of London, The Great Filth, From Underground to Everywhere, Crossrail, and Fictional London. He has made many radio and television programmes and has contributed articles and reviews to a wide variety of publications.

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ISBN 13	9780750925808
ISBN 10	0750925809
Title	The Great Stink of London
Author	Stephen Halliday
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	The History Press Ltd
Year published	2001-02-15
Number of pages	224
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