Boiler House, this building was originally used as a boiler house during the construction of Marc Isambard Brunel's Thames tunnel between 1825 and 1843. It has since had many alterations and changes of use. It was restored in 1979.
SE16, Tunnel Road
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Thames Tunnel Boiler House
Built to provide steam for the pumping engines needed to keep the Thames Tunn...
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...
The plaque is on the first floor balcony, in our photo partly hidden by tree foliage.
These premises are now Peabody Trust housing. Londonist have a good page on this area, once know as the Devil's Acre, "widely regarded a...
The Trafalgar Way Kensington On Monday 21st October 1805 the Royal Navy decisively defeated a combined French and Spanish fleet off Cap...
The feast of St Alphege is 19 April, which in 1880 was a Monday. He was Archbishop of Canterbury 1006-12. Captured by Vikings and kille...
This integral plaque is on the corner between the ground and first floor windows.
Foundation stone laid by The Princess Royal, 7th July 1933, in the presence of 11 "children of England".
Actor. Born Shirley Broomfield in Bolton, Lancashire. She started her career as a glamour model. Laurence Olivier chose her to play the prime female role in the film 'The Entertainer' and she also ...
