October 21, 2026

From Hiding to Civic Presence: How Wastewater Plants Entered the City

🌍✨ From Hiding to Civic Presence: How Wastewater Plants Entered the City

🌟 Why this is awesome: When London's main drainage was completed north of the Thames in 1868, the Metropolitan Board of Works marked the occasion with a banquet held inside a sewage pumping station.

Abbey Mills had been built over the previous three years by the engineer Joseph Bazalgette, working with the architect Charles Driver, laid out on a cruciform plan with eight beam engines, two on each arm. 💚🌱

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Source: ArchDaily Green Architecture

Topics: events community from hiding to civic presence how wastewater plants entered the · Summary: When London's main drainage was completed north of the Thames in 1868, the Metropolitan Board of Works marked the occasion with a banquet held inside a sew