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M. V. Rudi M

Categories: Industry, Tragedy

While berthed in Limehouse Basin undergoing a conversion, on 25 January 1980 a fire on this 1,000-ton petroleum gas tanker caused the death of Leading Fireman Stephen Maynard.

Our colleague Andrew Behan found the photo.

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Stephen Maynard - steel plaque

Plaque erected on the 30th anniversary.

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Bryant and May - Fairfield Works

Bryant and May - Fairfield Works

Halfway along Fairfield Road stands the old Bryant and May Factory. A Grade II listed building designed by Holman and Goodrham. The brick entrance includes a depiction of Noah’s Ark and the word "S...

Group, Industry

3 memorials
Thames Tunnel Mill

Thames Tunnel Mill

London's docks were badly damaged by bombing during WW2, but managed a resurgence during the 1950s. The 1970s however, saw the introduction of container ships which were too large to be handled in ...

Building, Industry

1 memorial
unidentified mill in Great Sutton Street

unidentified mill in Great Sutton Street

Where there are six millstones surely there must have been a mill?

Building, Food & Drink, Industry

1 memorial
Andrew Carnegie

Andrew Carnegie

Industrialist, business magnate, and philanthropist. Born Dunfermline, Scotland in a one-room cottage. 1848 the family emigrated to Pennsylvania, USA. Only about 5 feet in height and garrulous, Car...

Person, Industry, Philanthropy, Politics & Administration, Scotland, USA

2 memorials
garment and textile industries in the East End

garment and textile industries in the East End

The origins of the East End textile industry can be traced to the 14th century when Flemish artisans set up dye works on the River Lea. In the late 17th century the Huguenots arrived in Spitalfield...

Concept, Commerce, Craft / Design, Industry

4 memorials

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Hospital of St Anthony & French Protestant Church

Hospital of St Anthony & French Protestant Church

EC2, Threadneedle Street, 53

Site of the 13th century Hospital of St Anthony and of the French Protestant Church, demolished 1840. The Corporation of the City of London

2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator