Bexley is home to a stunning monument that was nicknamed a cathedral – but was used for something entirely different.

It was at this time that engineer Joseph Bazalgette helped to create the London sewer network – keeping waterborne diseases ... maps and photographs relating to the systems in 20 cities, including ...

Just leave it to today's genius, who invented London's first giant sewer system. Ladies and gentlemen, we give you Sir Joseph Bazalgette. Have you ever wondered what happens when you flush the loo?

But when it rains, the system fills to the brim and ... History of London sewers London’s original sewer network was created by engineer Joseph Bazalgette in the 1860s. It revolutionised public ...

Following efforts to neutralise the smell, engineer Joseph Bazalgette gets funding to build a huge sewer system for London.

The Victorian London sewer system gets a 21st century upgrade. Machines bore a network of tunnels linking Bazalgette's old sewer network to the Tideway Super-Sewer.