Resident Engineer responsible for the construction of the Northern Outfall Sewer in 1862-3. Also co-designer of Abbey Mills pumping station.
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Edmund Cooper
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Northern Outfall Sewer - River Lea
Metropolitan Board of Works Northern Outfall Sewer Constructed 1862 - 63 John...
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