The Thames embankments ... before much of the trade (and my great-great-grandparents who were part of it) buggered off to Grimsby. If you ever get a chance to visit Fishmongers' Hall beside London ...

Bazalgette's design was for a system of interconnecting sewers, to capture London's waste before it could reach the Thames, and new embankments with sewers inside them. Crossness Engines Peter ...