Joseph Bazalgette
Civil engineer, Organization leader
1819 – 1891
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Who was Joseph Bazalgette?
Sir Joseph William Bazalgette, CB was a 19th-century English civil engineer. As chief engineer of London's Metropolitan Board of Works his major achievement was the creation 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.
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- Born
- Mar 28, 1819
London Borough of Enfield - Parents
- Nationality
- England
- Profession
- Died
- Mar 15, 1891
Wimbledon
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on July 23, 2013
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