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Berichte über mehrere auf
Veranlassung des Magistrats der Königlichen Haupt- und Residenzstadt Berlin angestellte Versuche und Untersuchungen" (water treatment and sewer systems of Berlin. Introduction and reports on experiments and studies on request of the municipal government of Berlin). When the Berlin sewer system started to work successfully, with much of an improvement to inhabitants of Berlin, he became a well-known expert in the field - helping later with the planning in Moscow in 1880, in Tokyo in 1886 and in Cairo in 1892.
85:). While at the building academy he was an active member of the "Akademischer Verein 'Motiv'" student association. The fraternity was originally a loose group of students interested in arts and philosophy founded in 1847 as a chorus. Along with the rise of the academy it quickly grew by size and influence on contemporary architecture. Being at the academy he attended a variety of courses until his examination as "Bauführer" (academic
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in 1857. In 1858 he passed examination in transportation planning (Wasser-, Wege- und
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In 1868 he published the influential paper "Ueber öffentliche
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were largely attributed to that fact by historians in the early 20th century. Even the deadly street fights of fascist and communist squadrons in those area have been traced back to the
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to construct the water supply system for the city and to create plans for a modern sewer system Which was started to be built in 1870. Before the project was realized in
Stettin, he was able to return to Berlin in 1869 where he was commissioned to build a sewer system for the city. This was enabled
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Soon after his return to Berlin he is one of the founders of the "Deutsche
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in 1860 to learn about the contemporary development status in urban planning especially their sewer systems. Before the plan was finished the city came to an amalgamation of its suburbs on 1. January 1861. Based on the just finished land surveys and existing land-use proposals James
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were built under his leadership allowing larger ships to pass through the city. In 1897 he retired for health reasons. In the same year he was honored with the title of "Stadtältester von Berlin". He remained in the city until his death in 1902. His grave can be found on the
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on the outskirts of Berlin. Soon after his brother took office the grand pipes were constructed from 1873 until the last one in 1893. While the works were ongoing he was called to help with the planning of the sewer systems of 30 German cities and the sewer systems in
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62:) for which he passed examination in 1845. Until 1847 he was engaged in separation work (clearing the pathway of transportation projects from rocks and hills) in East Prussia as well as the
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constructed a map showing a possible land-use for a city at a projected size of 1.5 to 2 million inhabitants. The map of building lines was soon to be called the
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