The May talk from the Greenwich Industrial History Society covers how Victorian engineers helped to solve the sanitary crisis in the nineteenth century, with a special focus on south-east London – the picture shows Charlton pumping station. The speaker is James Douet, an industrial archaeologist who was once with English Heritage listing division. Since 1996 he has been an exhibition curator based in Barcelona. He will he talking to GIHS via Zoom from Barcelona on Tuesday 14 May, starting at 19:15 for 19:30 UK time.
For details of how to register for your free place to see and hear James follow the instructions below. The free talk is open to members of Greenwich Industrial History Society and anyone else who is interested in the industrial history of our area. For this talk James will draw on his recent Historic England publication, The Architecture of Steam, published by Liverpool University Press, to reveal how sanitary engineers and steam engine builders worked out the technical and architectural solutions to the Victorian sanitary crisis. He shows how steam pumping stations were critical to pulling British cities back from the devastating living conditions caused by industrialisation, with pioneering developments in water supply and sewage disposal made in south London.
How to reserve your FREE place
· This free talk will be by Zoom only in the evening of Tuesday 14 May, starting at 19:15 for 19:30 UK time.
· You must book your free slot by sending an email to greenwichindustrial@gmail.com with the subject line “GIHS talk on 14 May” before 19:00 UK time on Tuesday 14 May.
· GIHS will send you Zoom log-in details before the talk starts. (Don’t chase us; we have to wait until we have all the registrations.)
GIHS will record the meeting and plan to put the recording on their YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/@GreenwichIndustrialHistorySoc) – though this might take a few weeks. You can already see some of their other talks here, dating back to 2020.
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