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Sewer Collection

"Unveiling the Hidden World Beneath: Exploring Sewers from Jerusalem to London" From the ancient streets of Israel's Jerusalem

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Sewer Collection: Israel. Jerusalem. Via Dolorosa with the Arch of Ecce Homo
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Sewer Collection: Woman sewing
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Sewer Collection: Milky Monkey
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Sewer Collection: Utility pipes, artwork
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Sewer Collection: London / Embankment / 1867
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Sewer Collection: Bazalgette, The Thames Embankment, 1867 (litho)
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Sewer Collection: The rat that withdrew from the world. Illustration of the Fable by Jean de La Fontaine
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Sewer Collection: Sewer cleaners in the Main Sewer, Paris, 1931. Artist: Ernest Flammarion
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Sewer Collection: Bursting of the Fleet Ditch and destruction of part of the Metropolitan Railway... 1862
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Sewer Collection: Underground Paris - the sewers
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Sewer Collection: View of the Temple of Hercules Victor named Temple of Vesta and of the Cloaca Maxim in Rome
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Sewer Collection: View of the Cloaca Maxima, Rome
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Sewer Collection: View of the opening of the Cloaca Massima in the Tiber river, Rome. In the background
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Sewer Collection: The mouth of the Cloaca Maxima of the Tiber river in Rome. In the background the Temple of Vesta
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Sewer Collection: Workmen inspect the underground sewer tunnel that extends from under the Mersey tunnel
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Sewer Collection: Textile Mountains
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Sewer Collection: Men wearing heavy oilskin protective clothing would go into the tunnels under the streets of
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Sewer Collection: Sir Joseph William Bazalgette, 1819 - 1891. 19th-century English civil engineer
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Sewer Collection: Exit de l'egout de Bercy a Paris (The output of the sewer tunnel in the seine river, Bercy)
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Sewer Collection: Jean Valjean, Marius wounded on his back, fleeing in the water of Paris Illustration of the novel
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Sewer Collection: Illustration by Jean-Louis Forain (1852-1931) in Psst... !, 1898-3-19 - A New Bomb - Antisemitism
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Sewer Collection: La Cloaca Maxima et le temple de Vesta, Etat actuel (engraving)
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Sewer Collection: Le Vocabulaire Illustre: Egout; Sewer; Abzugskanal (engraving)
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Sewer Collection: Le Vocabulaire Illustre: Bouche (d egout); Gully-hole; Mundloch (eines abflusses) (engraving)
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Sewer Collection: Julie Pissarro Sewing beside a Window, 1877 (painting)
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Sewer Collection: Untitled, 1893 (w / c on paper)
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Sewer Collection: L assiette au beurre, Satirical in Colours, 1902
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Sewer Collection: 13132596
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Sewer Collection: 13132595
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Sewer Collection: Ancient Rome, archaic period: view from the mouth of the Cloaca Maxima
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Sewer Collection: Indus Valley Civilization: view of the sewer system and the buddhist stupa (2500-2000 BC)
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Sewer Collection: Transformations of Paris under the Second Empire, Haussmann Paris
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Sewer Collection: Section of a Sewer in Paris, 1894 (b / w photo)
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Sewer Collection: View of the Cloaca Maxima, 1833 (etching with brown wash)
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Sewer Collection: Unidentified sewer workers pose above ground, New York, c. 1911 (b / w photo)
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Sewer Collection: Worker inside the W. 129th Street sewer, New York, c. 1911 (b / w photo)
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Sewer Collection: Barrow-hoist on the southern high-level sewer at Peckham (engraving)
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Sewer Collection: Metropolitan traffic relief (coloured engraving)
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Sewer Collection: The Sewer-Hunter, from the daguerreotype by Richard Beard
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Sewer Collection: Comic postcard, Sewage worker and boss in the street Date: 20th century
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Sewer Collection: Section of the Thames Embankment
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Sewer Collection: Rome - mouth of the Roman Great Sewer or Cloaca Maxima
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Sewer Collection: Light sources: illumination by acetylene used in drums. Anonymous illustration from 1925
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Sewer Collection: Paris: A Section of a Sewer in Paris, 1894 (b / w photo)
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Sewer Collection: The senses: smelling (engraving)
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Sewer Collection: Advert, Peter & Mark Hurll, Brick and Sewer Pipes, Glenboig
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Sewer Collection: In London Sewers (engraving)


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"Unveiling the Hidden World Beneath: Exploring Sewers from Jerusalem to London" From the ancient streets of Israel's Jerusalem, where the Via Dolorosa intertwines with the Arch of Ecce Homo, to the bustling cityscape of London's Thames Embankment designed by Bazalgette in 1867, sewers have silently played a vital role in our daily lives. Like a mischievous Milky Monkey swinging through utility pipes turned artwork, these underground networks have been witness to tales both extraordinary and mundane. Just as Ernest Flammarion captured Parisian sewer cleaners diligently at work in 1931, we too must acknowledge their tireless efforts that keep our cities clean. In Jean de La Fontaine's fable "The Rat that Withdrew from the World, " we find parallels between its protagonist seeking solace underground and those who venture into labyrinthine tunnels beneath London's streets. Clad in heavy oilskin protective clothing reminiscent of textile mountains, these brave men comb through blockages dating back to 1881. Amidst this subterranean world lies an unexpected juxtaposition - a woman sewing amidst it all. Her needle dances delicately as she mends fabrics aboveground while others delve deep below for different purposes altogether. As we reflect on historical milestones like Fleet Street Sewer's construction in 1845 or ongoing works across London today, let us appreciate how far we've come since Joseph Bazalgette revolutionized urban sanitation. These once-forgotten spaces now serve as conduits for progress and cleanliness. So next time you stroll along Jerusalem's Via Dolorosa or gaze upon London's iconic Embankment lithograph from 1867, spare a thought for those hidden heroes navigating this intricate underworld. The sewers may remain unseen but their impact resonates throughout history – reminding us that even beneath our feet lies an essential part of civilization’s tapestry.