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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...
Islington Tunnel - east - lost
Two points about the wording on this plaque. 'Navies' were the men who built...
Islington Tunnel - west
Legging the longest tunnel At 960 yards (878 metres) long, the Islington Tun...
Limehouse basin model
{At the centre of this circular plaque/low relief sculpture:} This plaque was...
St Pancras Basin
St Pancras Basin, just above the lock, was opened in 1870 as a coal wharf. Wh...
Other Subjects
John Coode
Born Bodmin, Cornwall. Civil Engineer, particularly involved with harbours: Portland, Table Bay and Colombo. Also Suez Canal. Died Brighton.
Maxim Gun
The first portable automatic machine gun. In the 1888 photograph the Prince of Wales (later Edward VII) is firing with Maxim standing behind.
Institution of Civil Engineers
The professional institution for civil engineers, with members in the UK and many other countries. Founded by Henry Robinson Palmer, James Jones and Joshua Field. Its first president was Thomas Tel...
Frank Alfred Parsons
Senior 5th Engineer on the RMS Titanic. A full résumé of his life can be found on the Encyclopedia Titanica website. He is also commemorated on the Engineers Memorial, Andrews East Park, Above Bar...
Leonard Hodgkinson
Senior 4th Engineer on the RMS Titanic. A full résumé of his life can be found on the Encyclopedia Titanica website. He is also commemorated on the Engineers Memorial, Andrews East Park, Above Bar...
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World War 1
We'd always assumed that this war was known as the Great War until WW2 came along at which point it was renamed as World War One or the First World War. But the term was first used in print in 1920...
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