Group    From 1858 

British Horological Institute

Categories: Engineering

Founded by a small group of clockmakers, whose aim was to unify the British horological industry and trades in the face of large numbers of imports of clocks and watches from abroad.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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British Horological Institute

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George Daniels

George Daniels CBE, watchmaker, 1926 - 2011, lived & worked here. The Wor...

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Thames Tunnel Flood - 1828

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During construction, the tunnel was flooded on six separate occasions the worst being the second flooding, on 12 January 1828, in which six workmen died. "Near shift change. Isambard was in the sh...

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John Coode

John Coode

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1 memorial
George Furness

George Furness

Contractor responsible for the construction of the Northern Outfall Sewer in 1862-3.

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Metropolitan Water Board

Metropolitan Water Board

Taken over by Thames Water.

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1 memorial
A. C. Potter & Co

A. C. Potter & Co

A civil engineering company of Grantham and London, active 1928. Their London address was Dickens House, Lant Street. Listed in the London Gazette (17 July 1942) as having been struck off the regis...

Group, Craft / Design, Engineering

1 memorial