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Stream 3 - The "Grand Experiment"


g: Photo Tour of Lambeth Water Company post-1852

"London was without cholera from the latter part of 1849 to August 1853. During this interval an important change had taken place in the water supply of several of the south districts of London. The Lambeth Company removed their water works, in 1852, from opposite Hungerford Market to Thames Ditton; thus obtaining a supply of water quite free from the sewage of London."

- Snow, John. On the Mode of Communicatino of Cholera, 1855.

The photo journey of the history of Lambeth Water Company continues, following the 1852 upriver move, with text and slides provided by author and community lecturer Adrian Prockter (2007).

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