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Installation of the sewerage system of the Metropolis
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Installation of the sewerage system of the Metropolis
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Installation of the sewerage system of the Metropolis, The Thames Embankment in section beneath Charing Cross Station (1867) showing: (1) underground conduit carrying water, telegraph cables and gas mains; (2) low-level intercepting sewer; (3) Metropolitan District Railway subway; (4) Pneumatic Railway. The wall was built as much as 500 feet into the Thames, creating 37 acres of reclaimed land.

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Date 22 June 1867
date QS:P571,+1867-06-22T00:00:00Z/11
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Original: "The Thames Embankment". The Illustrated London News [London, England] 22 June 1867
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