Author: Metropolitan Board of Works (London, England)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1126
Book Description
Minutes of Proceedings of the Metropolitan Board of Works
Author: Metropolitan Board of Works (London, England)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1126
Book Description
The Great Stink of London
Author: Stephen HallidayPublisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0752493787
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
‘An extraordinary history’ PETER ACKROYD, The Times ‘A lively account of (Bazalgette’s) magnificent achievements. . . graphically illustrated’ HERMIONE HOBHOUSE ‘Halliday is good on sanitary engineering and even better on cloaca, crud and putrefaction . . . (he) writes with the relish of one who savours his subject and has deeply researched it. . . splendidly illustrated’ RUTH RENDELL In the sweltering summer of 1858, sewage generated by over two million Londoners was pouring into the Thames, producing a stink so offensive that it drove Members of Parliament from the chamber of the House of Commons. The Times called the crisis ‘The Great Stink’. Parliament had to act – drastic measures were required to clean the Thames and to improve London’s primitive system of sanitation. The great engineer entrusted with this enormous task was Sir Joseph Bazalgette, who rose to the challenge and built the system of intercepting sewers, pumping stations and treatment works that serves London to this day. In the process, he cleansed the Thames and helped banish cholera. The Great Stink of London offers a vivid insight into Bazalgette’s achievements and the era in which he worked and lived, including his heroic battles with politicians and bureaucrats that would transform the face and health of the world’s then largest city.
Minutes of Proceedings
Author: London (England). School BoardPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1742
Book Description
Minutes of Proceedings
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of LordsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 590
Book Description
Theatre and Governance in Britain, 1500–1900
Author: Tony FisherPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107182158
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 293
Book Description
A critical evaluation of how theatre was assimilated to the interests of government by suppressing 'democratic' disorders associated with the stage.
Professionalism, Patronage and Public Service in Victorian London
Author: Gloria CliftonPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1474241220
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
This study of 19th-century local government examines the role of local government officials and the social origins of this growing bureaucracy. As the predecessor of the London County Council, the Metropolitan Board of Works was an important body and its officials formed a large and significant professional group, not hitherto studied in such depth.
“The” Statutes: Revised Edition
Author: The Legal Observer, and Solicitors' Journal
Author: The Metropolis Local Management Acts
Author: Great BritainPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Local government
Languages : en
Pages : 888
Book Description
Public Bills
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of LordsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 684
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