Abbey Mills Pumping Station
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Abbey Mills Pumping Station is a sewage pumping station in Mill Meads, East London, operated by Thames Water. The pumping station lifts sewage on the London Main Drainage sewerage system into the Nort
The main building in 2022
The modern Abbey Mills Pumping Station (Station F)
Door at Abbey Mills Pumping Station
Interior
Joseph Bazalgette
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Sir Joseph William Bazalgette was a British civil engineer. As Chief Engineer of London's Metropolitan Board of Works, his major achievement was the creation of the London Main Drainage, the sewerage
Bazalgette, c. 1864–1877
The London sewer system being built in 1860 led by Bazalgette (top right)
The old Abbey Mills Pumping Station in Mill Meads, East London
Drainage reports by Bazalgette in the Institution of Civil Engineers archives