Southern Outfall Sewer
The Southern Outfall Sewer is a major
The Big Stink" of 1858. Work started on the sewer in 1860 and it was finally opened on 4 April 1865 by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales.[1][2]
Until this time, central London's drains were built primarily to cope with rainwater, and the growing use of
London sewerage system project included the construction of intercepting sewers north and south of the Thames; the Northern Outfall Sewer
diverts flows away from the Thames north of the river.
South of the river, three major interceptor sewers were constructed:
- The high-level sewer starts at Herne Hill, and heads eastward under Peckham and New Cross to a pumping station at Deptford.
- The middle-level sewer starts on Balham Hill and runs under Clapham High Street, under Stockwell and Brixton, through Camberwell to Deptford.
- The low-level sewer begins in Putney and runs through Battersea, Vauxhall, and under the Old Kent Road and Bermondsey to Deptford.[3][4]
At
The Greenway
built over the Northern Outfall Sewer).
See also
References
- ^ "How the system worked". Archived from the original on 2 October 2012.
- ^ "Victorian London - Health and Hygiene - Sewers and Sanitation - sewers".
- ^ Trench, R. and Hillman, E. (1984) London under London: A Subterranean Guide (London: John Murray), pp.75–76.
- ^ "How the system worked". Archived from the original on 2 October 2012.
- ^ London County Council (1922). London Statistics 1920-21 vol. XXVII. London: London County Council. p. 99.
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