John Phillips (surveyor)
John Phillips was a British engineer and surveyor in the first half of the 19th century. His work and reports led to the building of London's sewage system.
Read more about John Phillips (surveyor): London in The 1840s, John Phillips, Surveyor of The Westminster Court of Sewers, Report To Royal Commission 1847, Separation of Effluent From Storm Waters
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