Water pump manufacturer of of Dorset Street, Fleet Street (now Salisbury Court, running off Fleet Street to the south), active in the 1830s.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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George Turner
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Lewisham pump
{On the plaque:} This pump was made by George Turner of Dorset Street, Fleet ...
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Pierre Cérésole
Engineer and peace activist. Born in Lausanne. He worked in the United States and Japan, returning to Switzerland at the outbreak of WW1. He became a conscientious objector, and was imprisoned beca...
1 memorial
first gas-lit street in the world
The first public street lighting with gas was demonstrated in Pall Mall by Frederick Winsor in 1807. In January he lit the street and in June he put on a special gas-lit exhibition here, celebrati...
2 memorials
Brown Lenox & Co
Created as Brown & Co, by Samuel Brown, a Naval Captain. Became Brown Lenox & Co in 1828 following Brown going into partnership with his cousin, Samuel Lenox in 1806. The West Ferry Road ...
1 memorial
William Glanville
Engineering research. FRS. Born 75 Kempe Road, Willesden. Carried out research on concrete at first the Building Research Station and then the Road Research Laboratory. During WW2 he was scienti...
1 memorial