9 reasons Nottingham could be the best city in the world nottinghampost.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nottinghampost.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Thu May 16 2002 at 16:22:07 Londoners who can remember the state of London and of the Thames about thirty-five years ago, before those vast undertakings of the Metropolitan Board of Works, the system of main drainage and the magnificent Thames Embankment, which have contributed so much to sanitary improvement and to the convenience and stateliness of this immense city, will regret the death of the able official chief engineer, Sir Joseph Bazalgette.
Illustrated London News, March 1891.
Thus read the obituary of perhaps one of the greatest engineers of the 19
th century. Sir Joseph William Bazalgette (1819-1891) was responsible for public health works on an unprecedented scale in the largest city the world had ever known - London. As an engineer he was well known and respected by such contemporaries as Sir William Cubitt, George Parker Bidder, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Robert Stephenson and Thomas Hawksley. Yet he is now largely forgotten, and despite the key rôle he played i
Eat and drink at Lakeside s open-air terrace with stunning views
The first phase of an £7m redevelopment is complete
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As views go while eating and drinking, this has to be one of the most picturesque in Nottinghamshire.
Historic pumping station s £7m transformation into new Nottinghamshire venue nottinghampost.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nottinghampost.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Former Victorian pumping station is ready to launch as a wedding venue with bar and fine dining
The venue hopes to begin its new lease of life once the lockdown ends
Bestwood Pumping Station has undergone a restoration and is now The Lakeside venue
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