Civil engineer. Born 77 Ladbroke Grove. Worked in Wales and then India. Returned and in 1890 was appointed chief engineer to the London County Council. Worked on the Blackwall road tunnel, the Greenwich foot tunnel and the Barking road bridge over the River Lea. 1892, married with children, he returned to live at his birth-place but died on holiday in Devon.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Alexander Binnie
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Greenwich Foot Tunnel - north
There is an identical plaque at the entrance to the tunnel on the south bank ...
Greenwich Foot Tunnel - south
There is an identical plaque at the entrance to the tunnel on the north bank ...
Skempton Building plaques
2018: Eamonn Doyle has written to correct our "east to west", saying that the...
Other Subjects
William Harnett Blanch
Historian. Born into a family of gun and rifle manufacturers, he was a prolific writer of books, mainly about the local history of London. He also founded The London Thirteen Club as a means of de...
1 memorial
Tilbury Douglas Construction Limited / Interserve
The picture source gives the history of the company, which changed its name in 2007.
1 memorial
G. W. Pickin, BSc, C.Eng, FICE, FIMunE, FRSA
City of London Engineer in 1977 and 1982.
2 memorials
Sir John Anderson
Engineer. Born at 19 Barron Street, Woodside, Aberdeen. On moving to London, he was seconded to the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich. Here he was responsible for many innovations, and for mechanising and au...
1 memorial
South End Road bridge reconstruction
Reconstructed & widened in 1969 replacing a 28 ft. wide cast iron bridge built in 1864.
1 memorial
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St George's Circus - clock tower
SE1, St George's Circus
Our image comes from Historic England where we found the designer, Groll, but don't trust the dates given there.
2 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
Robert Browning - W2 sculpture
W2, Warwick Crescent
2015: The attribution of this work, ‘Two Doves’, to William Mitchell is being changed to credit Malcolm Thackwray instead. Mitchell has ...
1 subject commemorated,
5 creators
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Henry Watts Wilkinson Goudge
Henry Watts Wilkinson Goudge was born on 3 June 1852 the fourth of the six children of Alexander Goudge (1818-1879) and Clarinda Goudge née Inman (1822-1893). His birth was registered in the 2nd qu...
1 memorial
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
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