Sir Joseph Bazalgette’s sewage treatment works was the first of its kind in the world and helped eradicate cholera in London
A glorious monument to the towering genius of Victorian engineering reopens this week, complete with a smart new cafe and a distinctive whiff of sewage drifting across from the working side of the Crossness sewage pumping station, south-east London.
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Source: Guardian Environment