Bibliograph

An underground guide to sewers,, or, Down, through & out in Paris, London, New York, &c., Stephen Halliday ; foreword by Sir Peter Bazalgette

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An underground guide to sewers,, or, Down, through & out in Paris, London, New York, &c., Stephen Halliday ; foreword by Sir Peter Bazalgette

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

An underground guide to sewers,

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1089957975

Responsibility statement

Stephen Halliday ; foreword by Sir Peter Bazalgette

Sub title

or, Down, through & out in Paris, London, New York, &c.

Summary

Lose yourself in the vast sewer networks that lie beneath the world's great cities - past and present. Let detailed archival plans, maps and photographs guide you through these subterranean labyrinths - previously accessible only to their builders, engineers and, perhaps, the odd rogue explorer. This execrable exploration traces the evolution of waste management from the ingenious infra-structures of the ancient world to the seeping cesspits and festering open sewers of the medieval period. It investigates and celebrates the work of the civil engineers whose pioneering integrated sewer systems brought to a close the devastating cholera epidemics of the mid-19th century and continue to serve a vastly increased population today. And let's not forget those giant fatbergs clogging our underground arteries, or the storm-surge super-structures of tomorrow

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Down, through & out in Paris, London, New York &cDown, through and out in Paris, London, New York &c

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