An Underground Guide to Sewers - or: Down, Through and Out in Paris, London, New York, &c. (Hardcover)

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.

General

Imprint:	Thames and Hudson
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	October 2019
Authors:	Stephen Halliday
Foreword by:	Peter Bazalgette
Dimensions:	247 x 177 x 31mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	256
ISBN-13:	978-0-500-25235-2
Categories:	Books > Professional & Technical > Technology: general issues > History of engineering & technology Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Industrial history Books > Professional & Technical > Environmental engineering & technology > Sanitary & municipal engineering > Waste treatment & disposal > Sewage treatment & disposal Books > History > History of specific subjects > Industrial history
LSN:	0-500-25235-1
Barcode:	9780500252352

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