Group    From 1554  To 1848

Surrey and Kent Commission of Sewers

Categories: Engineering

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Since Tudor times this organisation was responsible for the drainage of the low-lying parts of the whole of the then built-up area of South London. 1848 - subsumed into the Metropolitan Commission of Sewers which covered the whole of London.

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Surrey and Kent Commission of Sewers

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Duffield Sluice

Sewers Surrey & Kent Duffield Sluice 1822

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Finchley Road

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Frederick George Creed

Frederick George Creed

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Joseph Bell

Joseph Bell

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Alan Raymond Mais, Baron Mais

Alan Raymond Mais, Baron Mais

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Person, Engineering, Lord Mayor, Politics & Administration

1 memorial