Erection date: 1926
Inscription
London Hydraulic Power Company subway constructed AD 1868.
Site: Tower subway (1 memorial)
EC3, Tower Hill
The original entrance was demolished in 1926 and replaced with this little tower.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Tower subway
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London Hydraulic Power Company
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Tower subway
A tunnel beneath the Thames with entrances at Tower Hill and at Vine Lane on ...
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King Charles II
Reigned: 1660 - 1685. Born at St James's Palace. The son of the beheaded Charles I, he was the king "restored" to the throne after the civil war. Married Catherine of Braganza in 1662 but she prod...
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Kenneth Gerald Salvesen
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Christ Church Spitalfields - Mr Root
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Company Serjeant Major Charles Samuel Taylor, MM
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