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| 'Monster' fatberg to go on display in museum | |
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| Part of one of the capital's biggest fatbergs is going to be put on display in the Museum of London next year. | Part of one of the capital's biggest fatbergs is going to be put on display in the Museum of London next year. |
| It is a slice of a monster fatberg, over 250m (820ft) long, which had been clogging up sewers below Whitechapel. | It is a slice of a monster fatberg, over 250m (820ft) long, which had been clogging up sewers below Whitechapel. |
| The museum says it was a congealed concoction of "fat, oil, grease, wet wipes and sanitary products". | The museum says it was a congealed concoction of "fat, oil, grease, wet wipes and sanitary products". |
| The display will show how modern living and high levels of rubbish are putting pressure on the "arteries" of London's Victorian infrastructure. | The display will show how modern living and high levels of rubbish are putting pressure on the "arteries" of London's Victorian infrastructure. |
| The Whitechapel fatberg became something of a celebrity in its own right last autumn - with Thames Water fighting a nine-week battle against a "rock hard" blockage weighing 130 tonnes. | The Whitechapel fatberg became something of a celebrity in its own right last autumn - with Thames Water fighting a nine-week battle against a "rock hard" blockage weighing 130 tonnes. |
| The museum describes the fatberg's dimensions as being longer than Tower Bridge and as heavy as 11 double-decker buses. | The museum describes the fatberg's dimensions as being longer than Tower Bridge and as heavy as 11 double-decker buses. |
| Curator Vyki Sparkes said it "will be one of the most fascinating and disgusting objects we have ever had on display". | Curator Vyki Sparkes said it "will be one of the most fascinating and disgusting objects we have ever had on display". |
| Thames Water's Stuart White says that part of its fascination is that it is the product of our own modern-day living, describing it as "repulsively human". | Thames Water's Stuart White says that part of its fascination is that it is the product of our own modern-day living, describing it as "repulsively human". |
| There is an eco-friendly ending to what happened to the rest of the fatberg. | There is an eco-friendly ending to what happened to the rest of the fatberg. |
| It was chopped up and mostly converted into bio-diesel. | It was chopped up and mostly converted into bio-diesel. |