They were built not only in London but across the UK following the particularly pungent summer of 1858, popularly known as The Great Stink ... Posting pictures of pipes across the capital ...

Ever wondered what these vast metal poles are for? (Picture: Metro/Facebook) There was a time when London became so smelly that politicians had to intervene – and the solution is still dotted ...

Although it was the largest city in the world at the time, Victorian London still had a medieval sanitation system. Xand van Tulleken explores the onset of the Great Stink of 1858. In the process ...