Sewer Gas Lamp. This lamp,known as Iron Lilly,is said to be London's only remaining sewer lamp. The Webb Patent Sewer Lamp was invented in the late 19th century primarily as a means to burn off smells from the sewers running underneath the city. The methane was collected by a small dome in the roof of the sewer,and the lamp was (and still is) left burning 24 hours a day. Photographed on Carting Lane,London,UK | |
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