Isambard Kingdom Brunel, 1806 - 1859, great Victorian engineer, his first project was the Thames Tunnel, the world's first underwater tunnel.
Voted by the people - London Borough of Southwark
SE16, Railway Avenue, Brunel Engine Museum
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Isambard Kingdom Brunel - SE16
Civil engineer. Born Portsea, Hampshire. Constructions include: Great Western...
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Isambard Kingdom Brunel - SE16
The London Borough of Southwark was created as an amalgamation of the Metropo...
This building has a claim to be London's oldest skyscraper.
Note that the plaque says that not only was a new building erected but also that the site was extended into the adjacent ground.
This is the home where he died, 2 years earlier than the plaque would have it.
We photographed this plaque in Sept 2003, but on returning to photograph the building in March 2008, the plaque had gone. 2021: we retur...
Henry Mayhew, 1812 - 1887, founder of 'Punch' and author of 'London Labour and the London Poor', lived here. London County Council
Record album. The fifth to be released by Bob Marley and the Wailers on Island Records.
George Godwin, 1813 - 1888, architect, journalist and social reformer, lived here. Greater London Council
Auxiliary fireman killed in the bomb attack on Henry Cavendish School, Balham. Andrew Behan has kindly carried out further research: Auxiliary Fireman Oliver James Steele was born on 11 July 1912....
We would not describe this face as ugly so it can't be Socrates. We reckon it's Homer - he's often shown with a beanie hat.
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
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