Unknown Heroes: Joseph Balzagette

A British civil engineer with Huguenot French origins, Joseph Balzagette invented the modern sewerage system and designed London's sewers, relieving the British capital from the epidemics, horrendous stenches and poor hygiene standards it had suffered from for centuries.

His invention and design went on to revolutionize Western city building, as within the following decades, essentially all major cities were either built with similar sewerage systems or retrofitted to have such sewers, enabling the modern, clean, sanitized homes and streets we all take for granted. A colossal milestone in the progress of industrial civilization and urbanization.

Aside from his invaluable contribution to the racial community through his engineering achievements, Joseph Balzagette was also a devout Christian, husband and father; he had 11 children with his wife.

He therefore stands among the unknown heroes, the saints, the exemplary White men whose achievements revolutionized our lives.