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British Waterways London

Categories: Engineering, Transport

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British Waterways London

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Blow-up bridge

'Blow-up' bridge At 3am on 2 October 1874, the boat 'Tilbury', carrying gunpo...

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Islington Tunnel - east - lost

Two points about the wording on this plaque. 'Navies' were the men who built...

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Islington Tunnel - west

Legging the longest tunnel  At 960 yards (878 metres) long, the Islington Tun...

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Limehouse basin model

{At the centre of this circular plaque/low relief sculpture:} This plaque was...

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St Pancras Basin

St Pancras Basin, just above the lock, was opened in 1870 as a coal wharf. Wh...

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Other Subjects

Sir John Rennie

Sir John Rennie

Civil engineer. Born 27 Stamford Street.  In London, worked on Waterloo, Southwark and London Bridges. President of the Institute of Civil Engineers, 1845-8. Died at Bengeo, near Hertford. Easy to...

Person, Engineering

5 memorials
Edmund Cooper

Edmund Cooper

Resident Engineer responsible for the construction of the Northern Outfall Sewer in 1862-3. Also co-designer of Abbey Mills pumping station.

Person, Engineering

1 memorial
Jim Marshall

Jim Marshall

Businessman and pioneer of guitar amplification. Born in London. An electrical engineer he built a portable amplification system, which he used in his evening job as a singer and drummer.  On 7 Jul...

Person, Engineering, Music / songs

2 memorials
David Hartley

David Hartley

Politician and inventor of fireproofing systems. Born in Bath, he moved to London where he met and became close friends with Benjamin Franklin. As an MP, he represented Kingston-upon-Hull and becam...

Person, Engineering, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, USA

2 memorials