Drainage Collection

London / Embankment / 1867
A section of the Thames Embankment, showing the Subway, the Pneumatic Railway, the Metropolitan and District Railway and the Low-Level Sewer

Drainage Grid
A Needham Stockport drainage grid. 19th century

Laying drainage tiles Wisconsin USA early 1900s

London First Sewage System Fleet Streets Street
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Men wearing heavy oilskin protective clothing would go into the tunnels under the streets of London to unblock the sewers with a combing method. Date: 1881

Vauxhall Bridge on the River Thames in 1817
Vauxhall Bridge, initially named Regent Bridge, over the River Thames, London. built in 1816. Nine-span bridge designed by engineer James Walker with cast iron arches and stone piers

Underground Reservoir at Crossness 1865
Interior of the underground reservoir of the Metropolitan Main Drainage Works at Crossness in 1865, officially opened by the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) in that year

London Metropolitan Main Drainage at Crossness 1865
London Metropolitan Main Drainage: the southern outfall works (machine house) at Crossness (about 3km below Woolwich) - interior view. Date: 1865

Metropolitan Main Drainage Works at Crossness 1865
Exterior of the Southern Outfall Works of the Metropolitan Main Drainage Works at Crossness. This pumping station was built by Sir Joseph Bazalgette, as part of Londons drainage scheme. Date: 1865

Engine House at the Metropolitan Main Drainage Works 1865
Visit of the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) to open the Metropolitan Main Drainage Works at Crossness. Number of visitors in the engine room of the works

DRAINAGE TOOLS / 1803 / PASS
Implements for modern drainage Date: 1803

DRAINAGE SYSTEM / 1803PASS
Plans for a modern drainage system. Date: 1803

London Metropolitan Main Drainage with Prince of Wales
London Metropolitan Main Drainage : the southern outfall works at Crossness - Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII), been shown around. Date: 1865

Construction of sewer at Peckham, south east London
Construction of the high-level southern sewer at Peckham, south east London. Date: 1861

The pumping station at Deptford Creek, 1861
The sewage pumping station at Deptford Creek, designed by civil engineer Sir Joseph Bazelgette. Pictured here under construction in 1861. Date: 1861

Raising a house in Chicago, 1871. Many buildings in central Chicago were elevated in mid 19th century to alleviate drainage problems

Poorly Vented Drains
Satire on poorly vented labyrinthine drainage in rented accommodation

Brazil - Rio de Janeiro - Mangues Channel (Canal). Date: circa 1920s

Rome, Italy - The Mammertine Prison
Black and white. Low-ceilinged room with a carving and mantlepiece to one side. There is a hole in the floor with a low ridge around it (possibly a well or some kind of drainage device?)

The Fleet ditch, from the Red Lion
The Fleet ditch, pictured from the Red Lion

Main drainage of the metropolis
Drainage works in London to purify the water: sectional view of the tunnels from Wick Lane, near Old Ford, Bow. Date: 1859

Abbey Mills Pumping Station, London, 1868
Engraving showing the exterior of the Abbey Mills Pumping Station at West Ham, London, 1868. This pumping station was part of the Metropolitan Main Drainage. Date: 15 August 1868

Drainage Aqueduct at Abbey Mills, London, 1864
Engraving showing the aqueduct which carried the London main drainage works over the River Lea at Abbey Mills, Stratford, London, 1864. In the foreground, a sailing barge approaches the aqueduct

The Underground Reservoir at Crossness, 1865
Engraving showing the interior of the underground reservoir of the Metropolitan Main Drainage Works at Crossness in 1865. This image shows the reservoir illuminated for the officially opening by

Urological Chair, Table
Urological Chair and Table combined, with pull-out tray for drainage. [This catalogue contains 2000 pages of medical equipment] Date: 1930

Ditching Tools
An impressive collection of ditching tools, leaning against a wall in Wales. Date: 1950s

High Level Sewer Built
The Metropolitan High-Level Sewer : work commences near Victoria Park in northeast London. Date: 1859

Civil engineering project
An unidentified civil engineering project, with water gushing out of two large pipes

Construction of the Metropolitan Main Drainage Works, Crossn
Engraving showing the construction of the Metropolitan Main Drainage Works at Crossness, Kent, in 1864. This facility, now better known as Crossness Pumping Station

Cross-Section of the Metropolitan Main Drainage Works at Cro
Engraving showing a cross-section of the machinery at the Metropolitan Main Drainage Works at Crossness, 1864. The machinery shown was used to pump away Londons sewage

The Prince of Wales opening the Metropolitan Main Drainage W
Engraving showing the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) officially opening (by starting the engines) the Metropolitan Main Drainage Works at Crossness in April 1865

Construction of Drainage Tunnels at Wick Lane, London, 1859
Engraving showing the construction of mains drainage tunnels at Wick Lane, near Old Ford, London, in 1859

Work on Sewer, London
Constructing a London sewer pipe in the open

Crossness Opened
J W Bazalgette opens the Southern Pumping Establishment at Crossness, a key item in his Main Drainage system for Metropolitan London

Crossness Works
The drainage works at Crossness, London are opened: an interior view of the reservoir

Broads - Drainage Mills
Drainage mills on the Ant : they were formerly employed to drain the marshlands, but have been replaced by more advanced though less picturesque technology

Party at Crossness
A sumptous luncheon is served to mark the opening of drainage works at Crossness, London

How to Drink Sewage
How people drink sewage - it leaves the house, soaks into the soil and enters the well from which people pump their drinking water

Drainage / Peckham Sewer
Tunnelling for a sewer in Peckham, London : The bottom of a shaft in the southern high-level sewer

Paris Sewer Visit
Visiting the sewers of Paris - the ladies are conducted by a special boat

DRAINAGE
London Metropolitan Main Drainage : the southern outfall works at Crossness - opened by Edward, Prince of Wales

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