Stream 3 - The "Grand Experiment"
e: Photo Tour of Southwark and Vauxhall Water Company
The Southwark and Vauxhall Water Company (also known as the Southwark and Vauxhall Waterworks) was created in 1845 by merger of existing waterworks. The water intake from the River Thames of the merged company remained in the heart of London, supplying contaminated water which eventually included waste of cholera patients, as investigated by John Snow in his "Grand Experiment." Water contamination remained, until Southwark and Vauxhall Company moved its intake upriver in 1855 to Hampton. Author and community lecturer Adrian Prockter (2007) presents historic images and text of the formation of Southwark and Vauxhall Company, bringing visual life to an important event in the history of London.
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