1898

Waterloo and City Railway

A shuttle service between Waterloo and Bank (previously 'City') stations designed for commuters. View from the Mirror has a very good post on this line.

Londonist have a good succinct history of this line.

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This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Waterloo and City Railway

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Greathead shield at Bank

This 'Greathead' type tunnelling shield ws left at this point 18 metres below...

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Designed and built by Rowland Mason Ordish, as an Ordish-Lefeuvre system modified cable-stayed bridge. It proved to be structurally unsound, so between 1884 and 1887 Sir Joseph Bazalgette incorpora...

Building, Transport

3 memorials

Charles Melville Hays

Railway president. Born in Rock Island, Illinois. He started working on the railroads at the age of 17, and progressed through the business, eventually becoming the General Manager of the Grand Tru...

Person, Tragedy, Transport, Canada, USA

1 memorial

Empire Windrush

Liner, built in Hamburg with the name 'Monte Rosa' as a luxury cruise ship. Many of the passengers in the early days were privileged members of the Nazi Party. She saw active service in WW2 and was...

Vehicle, Race Issues, Transport, Germany, Jamaica

8 memorials

Francis Blakey

Aged 34 when he died. Probably worked at London Bridge station for British Rail, or the Underground, or one of the railway companies. Our colleague, Andrew Behan, states that Francis O'Rourke Blak...

Person, Transport, Scotland

1 memorial

The Sailing of the Mayflower

The ship that carried pilgrims from Britain to the New World. There were 102 passengers on board, who were mainly English, but included some Dutch and a Frenchman. It sailed from Plymouth, England....

Event, Exploring, Transport, USA

4 memorials

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Phidias

Worked on the Parthenon. 5th century BC.

Person, Architecture, Sculpture, Greece

1 memorial

Hy. Dickens

Resident of the Central Ward, Hendon who served and died in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1

1 memorial

Enfield school-house / station

the V&A (our picture source) hold in their collection part of the façade of this building (not just the photo but the bricks themselves). Alamy have a photo of the saved section of the façade e...

Building, Education, Property, Transport

2 memorials

Whitehall Palace

The palace covered the area approximately bounded by (clockwise) Northumberland Avenue, Victoria Embankment, Derby Gate, Downing Street, Horse Guards Road, The Mall. The area was already a centre ...

Building, Property, Royalty

1 memorial

Squeeze

English rock band that came to prominence during the 'new wave' period. Famous numbers include 'Cool for Cats', 'Up the Junction' and 'Tempted'. Jools Holland was a member, before moving on to purs...

Group, Music / songs

1 memorial