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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.
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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