Joseph William Bazalgette

Joseph Bazalgette’s name appears on the blueprint pages of London’s late-1800s infrastructure rebirth. His 1860s contract drawings chart the Southern Outfall sewer line, thick ink lines carving paths under what would become the city’s new embankments. These aren’t paintings on canvas; they’re measured, signed plans meant to keep the Thames from fouling the streets.

Swap the brush for a ruler and the gallery for a drafting table, Bazalgette’s work still shapes how Londoners walk along the river. Tap into the Southern Outfall plan to zoom into the blueprint lines that rerouted a city.