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Sewerage

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  • Boring operation to connect the drainage system near Grays Inn Lane to the main sewage system. Wood engraving.
  • Royal Hospital, Greenwich, with many small houses either side and ships in the foreground. Engraving.
  • Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, with houses either side, ships and rowing boats in the foreground. Coloured engraving by T. Bowles, 1745.
  • Entrance to the sewers of a European city, a breeding ground for rats and plague. Drawing by A.L. Tarter, 194-.
  • Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, with ships and rowing boats in the foreground, small houses either side. Engraving by J. Boydell after himself, 1753.
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Catalogue

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    Specification of David Gill : deodorizing sewer gas.

    Gill, David, 1958 May- | Date: 1875
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    On the exciting cause of the Asiatic cholera and the means to be adopted to prevent its spread / by Michael Thos. Sadler.

    Sadler, Michael Thomas. | Date: 1866
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    Specification of William Parry and John Frearson : treating sewage.

    Parry, William, 1817-1888. | Date: 1867
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    Specification of William Strang : separating sewage.

    Strang, William. | Date: 1869
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    Practical suggestions by Mr. Rogers Field, M. Inst. C.E., as to water supply, drainage, and sewage disposal for lunatic asylums / issued by the Commissioners in Lunacy.

    Field, Rogers. | Date: 1892
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