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The River Effra is a river in south London , England . It is now underground. When the London Sewerage System was constructed during the mid- 19th Century , its designer Sir Joseph Bazalgette incorporated flows from the River Effra into his 'high-level interceptory sewer', also known as the Effra sewer, running from Herne Hill eastwards under Peckham and New Cross to Deptford . The main course of the River Effra was diverted into a Sewer and Culvert s. It can be accessed through the sewers on Effra Road in Brixton , South London. The river Rises near Crystal Palace, London , then flows through Norwood and then Brixton before Emptying into the River Thames near Vauxhall Bridge . In 1992 a project by the London arts group 'Platform' sparked a local campaign to dig up the river. The 'Unearthing the Effra' project was based around a mock 'Effra Redevelopment Agency', which included a public office. The project gained publicity in local newspapers and radio stations. SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS |
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