Credit for this entry to:
Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
Brunel's engine house
The tunnel shaft and pumping house for Marc Brunel's tunnel was constructed between 1825 and 1843. This was the first thoroughfare under a navigable river in the world.
{The image at the top is the London Docklands Development Corporation logo:}
SE16, Railway Avenue, Brunel Engine Museum
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Brunel's Engine House
The engine house was designed by Marc Brunel to be part of the infrastructure...
Civil Engineer, born Hacqueville, Normandy, France. Educated in France, but f...
The first tunnel in the world under a navigable river. Built between 1825 and...
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Brunel's Engine House
We did not initially recognise this logo, on at least 8 plaques in the Surrey...
Thomas James Cobden-Sanderson, 1840-1922, founded the Doves Bindery and Doves...
