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Photos: Broadband in London's Victorian sewers

You won't believe where they've laid a cable...

By on 22 July 2008 10:00

This sewer is a masterpiece of Victorian engineering - part of a giant project aimed at reducing the foul smells in the city and reducing the incidence of cholera - as reflected by this plaque. It still performs a vital role today.

Photo credit: Steve Ranger

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  1. 1. Patricia Grumbling

    er........it's just a bunch of cables underground.

    • 23 July 2008 09:10
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  2. 2.

    When you say that the cable is to big for rats to get thier jaws around it - you are talking about normal sized rats arn't you - what about the monster rats that live down there?

    • 23 July 2008 09:49
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  3. 3. Steve Oliver

    yeew, what's the brown on photo 8...!?

    • 23 July 2008 10:15
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  4. 4. anonymous

    This story has been running on and off for about 20 years

    • 23 July 2008 14:49
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  5. 5. anonymous

    Good point - the state of the cables in picture 9 suggests that they have actually been there a long long time already.

    • 24 July 2008 10:30
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