This plaque features Joseph Bazalgette. It's located at The Crossness Engines Trust, The Old Works, Crossness Sewage Treament Works, Belvedere Road, Abbey Wood, SE2.
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The Crossness Engines The restored 1865 Prince Consort Engine was a key part of Joseph Bazalgette's sewage system and is one of four James Watt Rotative Beam Engines still in its original setting. Representing the change from cast iron to steel and the more effective use of steam, it played a key part in freeing London from Cholera and Typhoid.
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Joseph Bazalgette was born on 1 January, 1819. They died on 1 January, 1891. They lived to the age of 72.
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Connection of type 'located' between Joseph Bazalgette red and black plaque and The Crossness Engines Trust, The Old Works, Crossness Sewage Treament Works, Belvedere Road, Abbey Wood, SE2