Sir Joseph Bazalgette
(1819-1891)
civil engineer and Knight Bachelor (from 1874)
Died aged c. 72
Wikidata WikipediaSir Joseph William Bazalgette CB (/ˈbæzəldʒɛt/; 28 March 1819 – 15 March 1891) was a 19th-century English 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 from cholera epidemics, while beginning to clean the River Thames. He was also the designer of Hammersmith Bridge.
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Commemorated on 3 plaques
Sir Joseph William Bazalgette 1819-1891 civil engineer lived here
17 Hamilton Terrace, St John's Wood, Westminster, NW8, London, United Kingdom where they lived
The Crossness Engines The restored 1865 Prince Consort Engine was a key part of Joseph Bazalgette's sewage system and is one of four James Watt Rotative Beam Engines still in its original setting. Representing the change from cast iron to steel and the more effective use of steam, it played a key part in freeing London from Cholera and Typhoid.
The Crossness Engines Trust, The Old Works, Crossness Sewage Treament Works, Belvedere Road, Abbey Wood, SE2, London, United Kingdom where they Used these rotative beam engines and pumps which were a key part of his sewage system that rid London of cholera and typhoid
The adjacent street light is the last remaining sewer gas destructor lamp in the City of Westminster. Installed in association with Sir Joseph Bazalgette's revolutionary Victoria Embankment sewer, which opened in 1870, this cast iron ornamental lamp standard with original lantern continues to burn off residual biogas.
Carting Lane, London, United Kingdom where they was