Very interesting, was just sitting around thinking about what the commissioning of the first modern sewage system would be like and what kind of crap they were going through to have to make one 💩
Mostly by the cut and cover method in streets and fields or converting rivers into sewers and avenues as it was cheaper and quicker. When going under buildings or other buried structures the miners took over, this was more dangerous work. No TBM's. All done by laborers with picks and shovels. And of course bricklayers for the 300 million bricks. How were the walls fixed? If I understand your question right. I don't "think"... they were fixed to anything. no piles below the sewers or out sideways. They mostly used a narrow egg shape that was narrow'er at the bottom. or cicle shapes for the bigger intersectery sewers. This way the weight of the ground above and buildings above pushes down on the tops and bottoms and sides of the sewers trying to compress them.
What a hero for London he was and all his workmen. ❤
Great video! Thank you kindly for highlighting this interesting and critical infrastructure for London!!!
A hero of the ages.Gawd bless him...
Just saw a TIL on Reddit and ended up here! Great video! Very informative
Glad you enjoyed it!
Excellent video. I enjoyed it very much.
Thank you very much!
Very interesting, was just sitting around thinking about what the commissioning of the first modern sewage system would be like and what kind of crap they were going through to have to make one 💩
Nobody says how the tunnels were dug? With shovels by hand, by boring machines? How were the walls fixed? Bricks by hand or what?
By hand - by navvies.
Mostly by the cut and cover method in streets and fields or converting rivers into sewers and avenues as it was cheaper and quicker. When going under buildings or other buried structures the miners took over, this was more dangerous work. No TBM's. All done by laborers with picks and shovels. And of course bricklayers for the 300 million bricks.
How were the walls fixed? If I understand your question right. I don't "think"... they were fixed to anything. no piles below the sewers or out sideways.
They mostly used a narrow egg shape that was narrow'er at the bottom. or cicle shapes for the bigger intersectery sewers. This way the weight of the ground above and buildings above pushes down on the tops and bottoms and sides of the sewers trying to compress them.
Thanks for acknowledging Mr Bazalgette. I have read his name in regency and Victorian murder mysteries. 🇦🇺🦘