<P> Joseph Bazalgette , a civil engineer and Chief Engineer of the Metropolitan Board of Works , was given responsibility for the work . He designed an extensive underground sewerage system that diverted waste to the Thames Estuary , downstream of the main centre of population . Six main interceptor sewers , totalling almost 160 km ( 100 miles ) in length , were constructed , some incorporating stretches of London 's `` lost '' rivers . Three of these sewers were north of the river , the southernmost , low - level one being incorporated in the Thames Embankment . The Embankment also allowed new roads , new public gardens , and the Circle line of the London Underground . Victoria Embankment was finally officially opened on 13 July 1870 . </P>
<P> Joseph Bazalgette , a civil engineer and Chief Engineer of the Metropolitan Board of Works , was given responsibility for the work . He designed an extensive underground sewerage system that diverted waste to the Thames Estuary , downstream of the main centre of population . Six main interceptor sewers , totalling almost 160 km ( 100 miles ) in length , were constructed , some incorporating stretches of London 's `` lost '' rivers . Three of these sewers were north of the river , the southernmost , low - level one being incorporated in the Thames Embankment . The Embankment also allowed new roads , new public gardens , and the Circle line of the London Underground . Victoria Embankment was finally officially opened on 13 July 1870 . </P>
when was the sewage system built in london
when was the sewage system built in london
officially opened on 13 July 1870
officially opened on 13 July 1870