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dec 21, 1859 - Joseph Bazalgette

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Bazalgette created a complex system of effective sewers and pumping stations in London between 1859-1875. This removed the stink by taking sewage eastwards to be discharged in the River Thames downstream away from the city

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dec 21, 1859
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~ 165 years ago