Jackson, Lee, 1971-

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March 12, 2015

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'Dirty Old London': A History Of The Victorians' Infamous Filth

n the 1800s, the Thames River was thick with human sewage and the streets were covered with horse dung, the removal of which, according to Lee Jackson, presented an "impossible challenge."

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