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The remaining sections of the NOS carry the sewage from Abbey Mills to the treatment plant at
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In total, five interceptor sewers were constructed north of the Thames. Three were built by
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helps maintain the necessary gravity flow, taking sewage on along
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Buildings and structures in the London
Borough of Newham
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to the start of the
Northern Outfall Sewer at Wick Lane.
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Northern
Outfall Sewer (Greenway) over Manor Road A1011
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25:The Northern Outfall Sewer Under Construction
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304:London under London: A Subterranean Guide
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320:A website showing some of the pipework
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306:(London: John Murray), pp. 72–75.
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127:and past King's Cross, through
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123:and runs along Edgware Road,
47:which runs from Wick Lane in
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652:Walton water treatment works
857:London water infrastructure
617:Cricklewood Pumping Station
602:Abbey Mills Pumping Station
507:Metropolitan Board of Works
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733:Lee Valley Reservoir Chain
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637:Greenwich pumping station
622:Crossness Pumping Station
279:Crossness Pumping Station
723:King George VI Reservoir
512:Metropolitan Water Board
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380:Essex and Suffolk Water
793:West Warwick Reservoir
788:Walthamstow Reservoirs
763:Queen Mother Reservoir
703:High Maynard Reservoir
688:East Warwick Reservoir
586:Thames Water Ring Main
522:William Chadwell Mylne
421:Southern Outfall Sewer
416:Northern Outfall Sewer
284:Southern Outfall Sewer
88:Southern Outfall Sewer
80:London sewerage system
41:Northern Outfall Sewer
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768:Stain Hill Reservoirs
743:Low Maynard Reservoir
708:Island Barn Reservoir
678:Bessborough Reservoir
572:Thames Tideway Tunnel
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406:Supply infrastructure
162:One starts from near
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683:Chingford Reservoirs
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698:Grimsbury Reservoir
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227:Whitechapel
203:Cheyne Walk
199:King's Road
168:Hammersmith
148:Clerkenwell
146:, then via
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67:" of 1858.
65:Great Stink
851:Categories
821:51°31′44″N
661:Reservoirs
576:Lee Tunnel
290:References
223:Tower Hill
176:Piccadilly
172:Kensington
142:and along
109:and under
537:John Snow
532:New River
385:SES Water
363:Companies
140:Bayswater
129:Islington
99:Hampstead
824:0°0′52″E
273:See also
215:Millbank
138:, under
470:History
260:⁄
231:Stepney
188:Aldgate
184:Aldwych
121:Kilburn
61:cholera
51:to the
49:Hackney
217:, the
195:Fulham
180:Strand
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