Northern Outfall Sewer
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title:
Northern Outfall Sewer
text:
The Northern Outfall Sewer (NOS) is a major gravity sewer which runs from Wick Lane in Hackney to the Beckton Sewage Treatment Works in east London. Most of it was designed by Joseph Bazalgette, as a result of an outbreak of cholera in 1853 and the "Great Stink" of 1858. Prior to the work, drains in central London were built primarily to cope with rain water, but the growing use of flush toilets frequently meant that they became overloaded, causing sewage and industrial effluent to flow into the
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Sewer in London
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Outfall_Sewer
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date modified:
2023-10-30T07:11:48Z
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