| Description |
255 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm |
|
Gender group: gdr Men lcdgt |
|
Nationality/regional group: nat English lcdgt |
| Summary |
Lose yourself in the vast sewer networks that lie beneath the world's great cities - past and present. Let detailed archival plans, maps and photographs guide you through these subterranean labyrinths - previously accessible only to their builders, engineers and, perhaps, the odd rogue explorer. This execrable exploration traces the evolution of waste management from the ingenious infra-structures of the ancient world to the seeping cesspits and festering open sewers of the medieval period. It investigates and celebrates the work of the civil engineers whose pioneering integrated sewer systems brought to a close the devastating cholera epidemics of the mid-19th century and continue to serve a vastly increased population today. And let's not forget those giant fatbergs clogging our underground arteries, or the storm-surge super-structures of tomorrow. |
| Contents |
Pioneers of plumbing. Sanitation in the ancient world: cloaca maxima ; clay pipes ; aqueducts ; communal latrines -- Sewage in the streets: cesspools ; pail closets ; chamber pots ; street kennels ; outhouses ; nightsoilmen -- Subterranean infrastructures. The cleansing of Paris: collector sewer ; sewer tourism -- London & the great stink: egg-shaped sewer ; pumping station -- Worldwide adaptations: steam-driven pumps ; dams and reservoirs -- Raising streets: brick tunnelling ; outfall sewers -- Revolutions of purity. Processing & treating sewage: septic tank ; activated sludge ; effluent screen ; sewage treatment ; fatberg -- The future of waste treatment: vacuum sewer ; storm surge drain ; anaerobic digester |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Subject |
Sewerage -- History.
|
|
Sewerage. (OCoLC)fst01114083
|
| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
|
| Added Author |
Bazalgette, Peter, writer of foreword. Writer of introduction.
|
| Added Title |
Down, through and out in Paris, London, New York, &c |
| ISBN |
9780500252352 hardback |
|
0500252351 hardback |
|
