Person    | Male  Born 11/4/1780  Died 27/8/1854

Colonel George Thomas Landmann

Categories: Engineering

Countries: Spain

Army officer and engineer. Born Woolwich, the son of a professor at the Royal Military Academy. He studied at the Academy, joined the Royal Engineers and served abroad constructing fortifications, canals and bridges. Fluent in Spanish he was particularly useful there. On his retirement from the Royal Engineers in 1824 he became involved with railway construction.

An elevated railway from Greenwich into central London was his idea and with a partner, George Walter, he created the London and Greenwich Railway Company to build it. His design, using viaducts to overcome all obstructions and avoid level crossings was innovative and it is still the longest railway viaduct in Britain. Also constructed a railway line and docks at Fleetwood in Lancashire. Died Shacklewell, Hackney.

We refer you to the excellent Patrick Sweeney for more information.

Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them

This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Colonel George Thomas Landmann

Commemorated ati

Abbey Street Bridge

Bermondsey Abbey Street Bridge Designed by Colonel George Thomas Landmann, Ro...

Read More

Deptford Station carriage ramp

{Above a medallion with the inscription 'London & Greenwich Railway Compa...

Read More

Other Subjects

Edward H. Tabor

Edward H. Tabor

Resident engineer on the construction of the Rotherhithe Tunnel in 1908.

Person, Engineering

2 memorials
William Froude

William Froude

Born Dartington, Devon. Engineer. Worked with railways and ships. Died on holiday in Simonstown, South Africa, where he is buried.

Person, Engineering, South Africa

1 memorial
Sir Charles Parsons

Sir Charles Parsons

Scientist and engineer. Designed marine turbines. Born 13 Connaught Place, Hyde Park into an aristocratic family. Died on board the liner The Duchess of Richmond, after taking ill in Jamaica.

Person, Engineering, Science

1 memorial
William Felton

William Felton

It was in William Felton's carriage works in Leather Lane that Trevithick's steam-powered carriage was built.

Person, Engineering

1 memorial