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    Joseph Bazalgette

    English civil engineer (1819–1891)

    Sir Joseph Bazalgette

    CB

    Born

    Joseph William Bazalgette


    (1819-03-28)28 March 1819

    Clay Hill, Middlesex, England

    Died15 March 1891(1891-03-15) (aged 71)

    Wimbledon, Surrey, England

    OccupationCivil engineer
    Spouse

    Maria Keogh

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    (m. 1845)​
    Children10

    Sir Joseph William BazalgetteCB (; 28 March 1819 – 15 March 1891) was an English civil engineer.

    As Chief Engineer of London's Metropolitan Board of Works, his major achievement was the creation of a sewerage system for central London, in response to the Great Stink of 1858, which was instrumental in relieving the city of cholera epidemics, while beginning to clean the River Thames.[1] He later designed Hammersmith Bridge.

    Early life

    Bazalgette was born at Hill Lodge, Clay Hill, Enfield, the son of Joseph William Bazalgette (1783–1849), a retired Royal Navy captain, and Theresa Philo né