Great Stink

When

2 Aug 1858

Kind

Event

Coordinates

51.51° N, 0.13° E

Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, Great Stink.

A bill is passed to create a modern sewage system in London as a result of the Great Stink, when the heat of the summer made the smell from sewage in the Thames unbearable.

1858 pollution event in central London

The Great Stink was an event in Central London during July and August 1858 in which the hot weather exacerbated the smell of untreated human waste and industrial effluent that was present on the banks of the River Thames. The problem had been mounting for several years, with an ageing and inadequate sewer system that emptied directly into the Thames.

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