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...
There is a rather strange modern architectural sculpture in this courtyard (you can see the top of it to the left of our picture, behind ...
Holland wrote "Death is Nothing at All".
Al Bowlly, 1899 - 1941, singer, lived here, 1933 - 1934. English Heritage
English Heritage Sir Henry Segrave, 1896 - 1930, world speed record holder, lived here in flat No.6, 1917 - 1920.
Below the oval blue plaque there is a foundation stone:This stone was laid by Mr William Forster - superintendantC. Mc.I North - Archt.Au...
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