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The London sewer system is part of the water infrastructure serving London, England. The modern system was developed during the late 19th century, and as London has grown the system has been expanded.
Edward, Prince of Wales on 15 April 1865 opening Bazalgette's Crossness Pumping Station
The new Abbey Mills Pumping Station
Thames Tideway Scheme construction site, Putney, 2021
The subterranean or underground rivers of London are or were the direct or indirect tributaries of the upper estuary of the Thames that were built over during the growth of the metropolis of London. T
London sewer system
…centre of population. Six main interceptor sewers, totalling almost 100 miles (160 km) in length, were constructed, some incorporating stretches of London's "lost" rivers. Three of these sewers were north of the river, the southernmost, low-level one being incorporated in the Thames Embankment. The Embankment also allowed…
The position of a mouth of the Effra in the 13th century
The culverted mouth of the Earl's Sluice at Deptford Wharf
The Moselle on the surface flows through Tottenham Cemetery on its way to the Lea