John Snow memorial pump
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Team Sieni
N 51° 30.809 W 000° 08.176
30U E 698702 N 5710817
Pump placed as a memorial to the pioneering physician John Snow. In 1854 Snow, an early proponent of the germ theory of disease, localised an outbreak of Cholera to a pump near this spot. He had the handle removed, helping to quell the outbreak.
Waymark Code: WMJ13X
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 09/07/2013
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member lopac44
Views: 14
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This isn't the original pump, and it isn't quite on the site of the original pump, but it commemorates probably the most famous pump in London.

In 1854 it was generally believed that cholera was transmitted by "bad air" or "miasma". The physician John Snow argued to the contrary, that it was water borne. In 1854, in what was the first comprehensive epidemiological study, he studied an the location of cases of a cholera outbreak in London and deduced that the source was a water pump on Broad Street (as it was then known). Snow prevailed upon the authorities to remove the pump handle, and the outbreak subsided.

The location of the original pump is marked by a slab of pink granite in the pavement outside the nearby John Snow pub.

Further information:

Is it Working: no

Nearest Address:
39 Broadwick St
London, London United Kingdom
W1F 9QJ

How to find.:
On the corner of Broadwick St and Poland St

Visiting Restrictions:
No, this is a pubic place

Does this pump have a presence on the internet?: [Web Link]

Good place to park: Not Listed
Visit Instructions:
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