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The Great Stink was an event in Central London during July and August 1858 in which the hot weather exacerbated the smell of untreated human waste and industrial effluent that was present on the banks of the River Thames. The problem had been mounting for some years, with an ageing and inadequate sewer system that emptied directly into the Thames.
Peter Bazalgette presented a later television show for Five, called The Great Stink, and chaired the Crossness Engines Trust raising £4.5 million to restore the Victorian pumping station built by his ancestor. [2] His parents, Peter Bazalgette and Diana née Coffin, did not have a television until he was 12 years old. [3]
2 July – Great Stink: the stench of sewage from the River Thames affects work in the House of Commons. [5] 17 July – salvage of the Lutine bell, which is subsequently hung in Lloyd's of London. 26 July – Lionel de Rothschild takes his seat as the first Jewish Member of Parliament. [8]
Sir Joseph William Bazalgette CB (/ ˈ b æ z əl dʒ ɛ t /; 28 March 1819 – 15 March 1891) was an English civil engineer.As Chief Engineer of London's Metropolitan Board of Works, his major achievement was the creation of a sewerage system for central London, in response to the Great Stink of 1858, which was instrumental in relieving the city of cholera epidemics, while beginning to clean ...
Smell-O-Vision is a system that released odor during the projection of a film so that the viewer could "smell" what was happening in the movie.Created by Hans Laube, the technique made its only appearance in the 1960 film Scent of Mystery, produced by Mike Todd Jr., son of film producer Mike Todd.
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The film has received a rating of 89 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, based on nine reviews with an average rating of 5.50 out of 10. [2] The New York Times called the documentary "sensible and unnerving" and "heartfelt". [3] The Village Voice called Stink! "way more emotionally affecting.... than early Michael Moore."
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