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Episode 101: The Great Stink of London
Disaster Area
English - January 01, 2019 04:44 - 50 minutes - 54.1 MB - ★★★★ - 723 ratingsHistory Society & Culture explosions history massshootings tornadoes volcanoes aviationaccidents disaster disasters earthquakes fires Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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The river was a sewer - almost literally. In 1858 London, the Thames wound through the city carrying everything from fecal matter to slaughterhouse offal. Even worse, that was the city's drinking source. If three separate cholera outbreaks weren't enough to change people's minds about how to handle the problem, adding a heat wave to the mix might do the trick.