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London sewer system

The London sewer system is part of the water infrastructure serving London, England. The modern system was developed during the late 19th century, and as London has grown the system has been expanded. It is currently owned and operated by Thames Water and serves almost all of Greater London.

The system plays a part in English Neil Gaiman's 1996 novel Neverwhere.

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The system plays a part in Australian writer 's 2005 novel Lost (a.k.a. The Drowning Man).

Michael Robotham

It featured as one of the in the BBC television series of the same name.

Seven Wonders of the Industrial World

's Montmorency (beginning with Montmorency: Liar Thief Gentleman?) novels are set against the backdrop of construction of the London sewerage system.

Eleanor Updale

The construction of the London sewer system is central to the plot of 's 2006 novel Dark Assassin, in which the Great Stink is also mentioned.

Anne Perry

The title character from Terry Pratchett's , based on the Artful Dodger from Oliver Twist, spends much of his time in London's sewers alongside notable historical figures including Bazalgette.

Dodger

A BBC documentary entitled The Five Billion Pound Super Sewer focuses on the .

Thames Tideway Scheme

's novel The Quincunx features the old, pre-Bazalgette London sewers of the early nineteenth century in an extensive sub-plot.

Charles Palliser

The sewer system served as the hideout of Professor Ratigan in Disney's 1986 film .

The Great Mouse Detective

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Medical Officer of Health for London

Metropolitan Commission of Sewers

Tosher

"How Bazalgette built London's first super-sewer," by Alwyn Collinson, 26 March 2019, Museum of London

"Construction of London's Victorian sewers: the vital role of Joseph Bazalgette," by G C Cook, The Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine

from The Guardian Wednesday 30 March 2005

Tales of the underworld