Superb tour of the Victorian sewers with Guardian interac...
Superb tour of the Victorian sewers with Guardian interactive. Where software engineering meets the Metropolitan Board of Works. With contributions from Sarah Wise, Judith Flandersand more.
“Envisage a city,” boomed a voice behind me, “as a body, pumping with fluids.” I turned to greet a smartly dressed man with an imposing moustache. He breathed in deeply, surveying the work around him with quiet satisfaction. “Blood, nerves, intestines, bowels. The whole kit and caboodle heaving with life.” Bazalgette exuded verve and energy. Even as he spoke to me, little men began equipping us to go underground, arming us with galoshes, greatcoats and gloves. The great man shook my hand warmly and pulled on a deerstalker to top it off. “Sergeant Lawless, I take it?”
Joseph Bazalgette and his sewer workers, unsung heroes in Lawless and the Devil of Euston Square.
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