An underground guide to sewers, or, Down, through & out in Paris, London, New York, &c. / Stephen Halliday ; foreword by Sir Peter Bazalgette.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Halliday, Stephen, author.

Contributor:

Bazalgette, Peter, writer of foreword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sewerage--History.

Sewerage.

History.

Physical Description:

255 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm

Other Title:

Down, through & out in Paris, London, New York, &c.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2019]

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 ; Sewage in the streets

Subterranean infrastructures. The cleansing of Paris ; London & the great stink ; Worldwide adaptations ; Raising streets

Revolutions of purity. Processing & treating sewage ; The future of waste treatment.

Notes:

"Published by arrangement with Thames & Hudson Ltd., London, by the MIT Press."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0262043343

9780262043342

OCLC:

1089957975