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Back to EpisodesHistory’s Strangest Questions: Was The Great Stink of 1858 Real?
Season 1
Episode 158
Published 1 month, 2 weeks ago
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In the boiling summer of 1858 London nearly collapsed under the weight of its own filth. The Thames became an open sewer, Parliament could barely function through the stench, and thousands had already died from cholera.
Out of this nightmare came one of the greatest engineering triumphs in history. This is the story of The Great Stink, the crisis that transformed London forever and gave birth to the modern sewer system beneath the city today.
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