Former community pump. See the plaque for its history.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
Former community pump. See the plaque for its history.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Lewisham pump
{On the plaque:} This pump was made by George Turner of Dorset Street, Fleet ...
Ship-owner and philanthropist. Probably born in the family house in Blackwall Yard, Poplar, the son of shipbuilder George Green. After completing his studies, he entered the business which speciali...
2014: Via Facebook Martin Evans suggests this man for the name panel at IC. His close links with IC are indicated by him becoming a governor at the same time that the building was being erected. ...
HM Surveyor of Roads, 1690-1715. Not a poor man, he owned property in St Martin's-in-the-Fields, St James's and Dover.
Engineer and inventor. Born in Stepney. A gas-fitter and plumber by trade, in 1892, with his assistant Tom Bates, he built the first British motor car with an internal combustion engine. Died Walth...
Used c.1709 - 1720 to pump water supplied via the New River from the round pond to the upper pond (now Claremont Square reservoir).