Ill-Equipped History

The Great Stink of 1858


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Emileigh and Morgan endure the crappiest story to date where the Thames had turned into an open sewer and Cholera ran wild. In this episode, they discuss how it got that bad and what was done to stop it. 

 

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Sources

https://www.historyhit.com/how-victorian-london-became-known-as-the-monster-city/

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLpzHHbFrHY

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jlsyucUwpo

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NVT6iZP2qg

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cba7di0eL8I

 

https://heritagecalling.com/2019/03/28/the-story-of-londons-sewer-system/

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Stink#:~:text=The%20smell%20was%20very%20bad,and%20carbolic%20acid%20into%20the

 

https://www.londonmuseum.org.uk/collections/london-stories/how-bazalgette-built-londons-first-super-sewer/

 

https://www.londonmuseum.org.uk/collections/london-stories/great-stink-of-1858/

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