See also:

• SIR

SIR See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

JOSEPH See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

WILLIAM See also:

• SIR JOSEPH WILLIAM BAZALGETTE (1819-1891)

BAZALGETTE (1819-1891)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English engineer, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• ENFIELD

Enfield on the 28th of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1819 . At the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of seventeen he was articled to an engineer, and a few years later he began to practise successfully on his own See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account . His name is best known for the See also:

• ENGINEERING

engineering See also:

• WORKS

works he carried out in See also:

• LONDON

London, especially for the construction of the See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main drainage See also:

• SYSTEM

system and the See also:

• THAMES

Thames See also:

• EMBANKMENT

embankment . In 1848 the See also:

• CONTROL (Fr. contrdle, older form contre rolle, from Med. Lat. contra-rotulus, a counter roll or copy of a document used to check the original; there is no instance in English of the use of " control " in this, its literal, meaning)

control of London drainage, which had hitherto been divided among eight distinct municipal bodies, was consolidated under twelve commissioners, who were in 1849 superseded by a second See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission . Under the latter See also:

• BAZALGETTE, SIR JOSEPH WILLIAM (1819-1891)

Bazalgette accepted an See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment which he continued to hold under the three successive commissions which in the course of a See also:

• YEAR

year or two followed the second one, and when finally in 1855 these bodies were replaced by the See also:

• METROPOLITAN (Lat. metropolitanus, Gr. µnrpoiroXtrns)

Metropolitan See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

Board of Works, he was at once appointed its See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief engineer . His plans were ready, but the See also:

• WORK

work was delayed by See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official obstruction and formality until 1858 . Once begun, however, it was vigorously pushed on, and in 1865 the system was formally opened . It consisted of 83 m. of large intercepting sewers, draining more than See also:

• LOO (formerly called " Lanterloo," Fr. lanturlu, the refrain of a popular 17th-century song)

loo sq. m. of buildings, and calculated to See also:

• DEAL

deal with 420 million gallons a See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day . The cost was £4,600,000 . Almost simultaneously Bazalgette was engaged on the plans for the Thames embankment . The See also:

• SECTION
• SECTION (Lat. sectio, cutting, secare, to cut)

section between See also:

• WESTMINSTER
• WESTMINSTER, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
• WESTMINSTER, STATUTES OF
• WESTMINSTER, SYNODS OF

Westminster and See also:

• VAUXHALL

Vauxhall on the See also:

• SURREY
• SURREY, EARLDOM OF
• SURREY, HENRY HOWARD, EARL OF (1518?-1547)

Surrey See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side was built between 186o and 1869, and the length between Westminster and Blackfriars was declared open by the See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince of See also:

• WALES (Cymru, Gwalia, Cambria)

Wales in 187o . The See also:

• CHELSEA

Chelsea embankment followed in 1871-1874, and in 1876 See also:

• NORTHUMBERLAND
• NORTHUMBERLAND, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• NORTHUMBERLAND, JOHN DUDLEY, VISCOUNT LISLE, EARL OF WARWICK
• NORTHUMBERLAND, JOHN NEVILLE, EARL OF (c. 1430-1471)

Northumberland See also:

• AVENUE (the past participle feminine of Fr. avenir, to come to)

Avenue was formed .

The See also:

• TOTAL

total outlay on the See also:

• SCHEME (Lat. schema, Gr. oxfjya, figure, form, from the root axe, seen in exeiv, to have, hold, to be of such shape, form, &c.)

scheme exceeded £2,000,000 . Bazalgette was also responsible for various other engineering works in the metropolitan See also:

• AREA

area, designing, for example, new See also:

• BRIDGES
• BRIDGES, ROBERT (1844– )

bridges at Putney and See also:

• BATTERSEA

Battersea, and the See also:

• STEAM
• STEAM (0. Eng. steam, vapour, smoke, cf. Du. steam; the origin is unknown)

steam See also:

• FERRY (from the same root as that of the verb " to fare," to journey or travel, common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. fahren; it is connected with the root of Gr. 7ropos, way, and Lat. portage, to carry)
• FERRY, JULES FRANCOIS CAMILLE (1832—1893)

ferry between See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north and See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south See also:

• WOOLWICH

Woolwich . He also prepared plans for a See also:

• BRIDGE

bridge over the See also:

• RIVER

river near the See also:

• TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

Tower and for a See also:

• TUNNEL (Fr. tonne!, later tonneau, a diminutive from Low Lat. tonna, tunna, a tun, cask)

tunnel under it at Blackwall, but did not live to see either of these projects carried out .