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Sir Joseph Bazalgette was a visionary civil engineer who played a vital role in …

Sir Joseph Bazalgette was a visionary civil engineer who played a vital role in transforming London’s sanitation system in the mid-19th century. Confronted with the severe consequences of the “Great Stink” of 1858 and repeated cholera outbreaks, Bazalgette was charged with designing a comprehensive sewer system to solve the city’s waste management crisis. His approach […]

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