Sir Joseph William Bazalgette (1819-1991) was a civil engineer who created the sewerage system for central London, in response to the “Gret Stink” of 1858. Before that, the street gutters served as open sewers.
“Night soil” is human excrement. In cities, “night soil men” would remove it from buildings and take it in horse drawn wagons out to the country, where they sold the “night soil” to farmers for use as fertilizer.
Waste from horses was another huge problem. New York City’s sanitation department was originally formed to remove the mountains of manure that lined the sides of the city’s streets.
Pharmakeus Ubik 5 days ago
How long have you lived in Tackleford? Nutter is a very relative turn ’round these parts.
John Campbell 5 days ago
To judge by the jacket, the ominous shadowy figure was Bruce Springsteen. Or possibly Brick Springstern.
gigagrouch 5 days ago
Bazalgette…
i learn the darn’dest things from these comics…
The Hammersmith Bridge is also impressive
tims145 5 days ago
I’m guessing an enormous Fatberg that is developing into some kind of living thing.
scyphi26 5 days ago
Eh, as I see it, he just loves his job and takes it very seriously. I honestly can respect that.
willie_mctell 5 days ago
Is Sewerman General like Witchfinder General?
6turtle9 5 days ago
Up sh!t creek with The Boss.
GaryCooper 4 days ago
Sir Joseph William Bazalgette (1819-1991) was a civil engineer who created the sewerage system for central London, in response to the “Gret Stink” of 1858. Before that, the street gutters served as open sewers.
“Night soil” is human excrement. In cities, “night soil men” would remove it from buildings and take it in horse drawn wagons out to the country, where they sold the “night soil” to farmers for use as fertilizer.
Waste from horses was another huge problem. New York City’s sanitation department was originally formed to remove the mountains of manure that lined the sides of the city’s streets.