It was at this time that engineer Joseph Bazalgette helped to create the London sewer network – keeping waterborne diseases like cholera at bay – and whose great-grandson, Sir Peter Bazalgette, has ...

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?

Enter Victorian Engineer, Sir Joseph Bazalgette, propelled by the Public Health Act passed in 1848, he proposes an intricate underground sewer system. Bazalgette built networks that intercepted ...

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

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