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I think London has seven buried rivers.

• mirimir 8y ago
  I guess it's common. River -> open sewer -> closed sewer.
  • xvf22 8y ago
    Yup, seems like the progression in most big cities. We have a few in Toronto as well though ours are more streams than rivers. https://www.blogto.com/city/2014/02/5_lost_rivers_that_run_under_toronto/ https://www.blogto.com/city/2014/02/5_lost_rivers_that_run_u...
  • dmckeon 8y ago
    That Fleet Street was once an open sewer explains so very much about the state of newspapers in the UK. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Fleet https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Fleet
    • caf 8y ago
      Australia House has a 900-year-old well that draws from the River Fleet underneath it. Apparently it's good enough to drink these days. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-01-10/holy-well-lies-underneath-australia-house-in-london/7061722 http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-01-10/holy-well-lies-underne...
    • mirimir 8y ago
      Yeah, the descriptions in Stephenson's Baroque Cycle are mind boggling.
  • contingencies 8y ago
    I think you just summarized federated public feeds: twitter, instagram, facebook, etc.