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Bazalgette, Joseph 1819-1890. British civil
engineer who, as Chief Engineer to the London
Board of Works, designed London's sewer
system, a total of 155 km/83 mi of sewers,
covering an area of 256 sq km/100 sq mi. It
was completed 1865. He also designed the
Victoria Embankment 1864-70, which was built
over the river Thames and combined a main
sewer, a water frontage, an underground
railway, and a road.