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For years London poured its waste into the Thames and did nothing. Then the summer of 1858 grew hot, the river stank so badly that Parliament soaked its curtains in chloride of lime, and the money for a sewer system was approved in eighteen days.

The Great Stink, 1858

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Members debated moving upriver to Hampton Court. Joseph Bazalgette was given the job and built 132 km of main sewers and 1,700 km of street sewers, deliberately sizing the pipes at twice the diameter the calculations required — a decision that kept them working for well over a century. Cholera in London effectively ended, though the connection to dirty water was still disputed at the time. Much of Bazalgette's brickwork is still carrying London's waste today.

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Aynı kart, başka bir dilde.

Londra yıllarca atığını Thames'e döktü ve hiçbir şey yapmadı. Sonra 1858 yazı kızıştı, nehir öyle koktu ki Parlamento perdelerini kireç kaymağına batırdı ve bir kanalizasyon sistemi için para on sekiz günde onaylandı.
Büyük Koku, 1858

Üyeler nehrin yukarısına, Hampton Court'a taşınmayı tartıştı. İş Joseph Bazalgette'e verildi; 132 km ana kanalizasyon ve 1.700 km sokak kanalizasyonu inşa etti ve boruları bilinçli olarak hesapların gerektirdiğinin iki katı çapta yaptı — bu karar onları bir yüzyıldan çok daha uzun süre çalışır tuttu. Londra'da kolera fiilen sona erdi, gerçi kirli suyla bağlantısı o dönemde hâlâ tartışmalıydı. Bazalgette'in tuğla işçiliğinin büyük bölümü bugün hâlâ Londra'nın atığını taşıyor.

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