"Technically, Ankh-Morpork is built on loam, but what it is mainly built on is Ankh-Morpork"
There's a major bit of civil engineering going on in London at the moment. Thames Water are replacing miles of Victorian sewer systems. It's hard to wander far in the West End days these days without finding a closed street.
These photos were taken on what used to a wide bit of pavement between the Intrepid Fox, and Centre Point.
If you look in the middle of this one you can see some old brick foundations. They don't particularly line up with the current buildings or road. I guess once you've flattened whatever was there before there's no need to dig the foundations up, just roll the pavement over them.
Check out the crazy sewer(?) line here. 7 different bits of pipe, of different sizes and ages, in the space of about 2 meters! No wonder they're needing to replace some of this stuff. There's only so much patching you can get away with, before none of the original material is left.
These photos were taken on what used to a wide bit of pavement between the Intrepid Fox, and Centre Point.
If you look in the middle of this one you can see some old brick foundations. They don't particularly line up with the current buildings or road. I guess once you've flattened whatever was there before there's no need to dig the foundations up, just roll the pavement over them.
Check out the crazy sewer(?) line here. 7 different bits of pipe, of different sizes and ages, in the space of about 2 meters! No wonder they're needing to replace some of this stuff. There's only so much patching you can get away with, before none of the original material is left.