Abbey Mills Pumping Station

The Abbey Mills Pumping Station was built by Bazalgette in 1860 to pump sewage out of North London towards the treatment works at Beckton, via his Northern Outfall Sewer. Being built at the height of Victorian extravagance, it includes various towers and spires, and is built in the shape of a cross, leading some to call it a "Cathedral of Sewage". Iain Sinclair refines this nickname to the "Cathedral of Shit".

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