London Sewer Cam Soho + RAT

A CCTV drainage survey of a famous Victorian London sewer after we had jetted and sucked clean the run of all debris and silt.

To view photos of this sewer pre-cleaned click on the following link

http://www.clearmasters.co.uk/page13.htm

Now managed by Thames Water this is part of the West End's underground drainage network and is set deep under Soho Square W1.
This footage really highlights the engineering excellence of Joseph Bazalgette's 1860's project to clean up London with over 1100 miles of sewerage pipework, designed to route foul waste out of the capital's filthy streets and into outfalls along the river Thames. Later, into STWs.

This video portrays one of the 'Egg Shaped' pipe lines and is un-edited so as to show the sheer quality of Victorian workmanship and to highlight the amazing condition of a 150 year old brick built sewer.

At last there is now another video of a 'Sewer Rat' (see approx 9m-40s)

More videos of these London sewers to follow.

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