Plaque

Chelsea Bridge

Erection date: 6/5/1937

Inscription

Chelsea Bridge
Opened by the Right Hon. W. L. MacKenzie King, CMG, Prime Minister of the Dominion of Canada on 6th May 1937.
Chairman of the Council - the Right Hon. Lord Snell, CBE LLD
R. Coppock - Chairman of the Highways Committee
Sir George Gater, CMG, DSO - Clerk to the Council
Rendel Palmer and Tritton - Engineers
C. Topham Forrest, FRIBA - Architect
Contractors - Holloway Brothers (London) Limited

London County Council

MacKenzie King did not come all the way from Canada just to open this bridge; he happened to be in London for the coronation of King George VI.

The plaque has the wrong initial for Topham Forrest. His first name was George.

Site: Chelsea Bridge (1 memorial)

SW8, Chelsea Bridge

The lantern posts at all 4 corners of the bridge are each topped with 2 heraldic shields and a golden galleon. See also Londonist's secrets of Chelsea Bridge.

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Holloway Brothers

A major construction firm with its own Wikipedia page. Henry Thomas Holloway ...

Rendel Palmer and Tritton

Engineers. This firm was started by James Meadows Rendel (1799 - 1856) and ca...

Richard Coppock

Trade unionist and politician. Labour politician for Limehouse in the LCC. Pa...

G. Topham Forrest

Architect active in 1937. We have found his name associated with the design /...

Brigadier-General Sir George Henry Gater, GCMG, KCB, DSO & Bar, JP

Army officer and civil servant. Trained as a teacher. Moved to London in 1924...

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