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Urban Pollution

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = NAHSTE

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Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Edward Best, 01 September 1884

 Item
Identifier: Coll-74/11/8/47
Scope and Contents

Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Edward Best telling him of his eventful journey from London to Bournemouth, in which his ship was stuck on a sandbank off Deptford for 2 hours. He remarks that raw sewage is present in the water at this location. He tells Geikie about the house he is staying in, the gardens and the surrounding countryside.

Dates: 01 September 1884
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie / Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie (A-H) / Correspondence to Sir Archibald Geikie: A Bachellery to Thomas Forster Brown