Sir 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 Stinkof 1858) of a sewer network for central London which was instrumental in relieving the city from cholera epidemics, while beginning the cleansing of the River Thames.[1]
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[hide]Born | Joseph William Bazalgette 28 March 1819 Clay Hill, Enfield, London, England |
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Died | 15 March 1891 (aged 71) Wimbledon, London, England |
Occupation | Civil engineer |
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