Picture No | 12013735 |
Date | circa 1860s |
Description | Flushing the sewers 1860s |
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With the population expanding and dumping coursing blockages below the depths of London, men wearing heavy oilskin protective clothing would go into the tunnels to unblock the sewers with a combing method.
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Source | Engraving by Henning in 'London Labour and the London Poor', volume 2, No. 44, page 131 |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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