Civil engineer. His many projects include: with Wolfe-Barry, the 1903 Kew Bridge, over the Thames, correctly known as King Edward VII Bridge; his involvement with the construction of the Barry and Middlesbrough docks and, in London, the Surrey Commercial docks; and the District and Piccadilly underground lines.
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Cuthbert Arthur Brereton
Underground Heritage Information Bow Road Station Listed as a building of nat...
Born 13 Bedford Square, son of Halsey Ricardo. Mechanical engineer specialising in developing the internal combustion petrol and diesel engine. Died King Edward VII Hospital, Midhurst, following a ...
Railway and civil engineer. Born near Newcastle upon Tyne. Son of George Stephenson who built "the Rocket" locomotive in 1827. Robert was Chief Engineer of the London to Birmingham Railway which ...
Built by Morris Cohen to produce veneer for the construction of Spitfire cockpits, as well as propellers and plywood for Mosquito aircraft. The plaque on the building says it existed from the 1930s...
Trustee of The Memorial Gates Trust. Harpinder Singh Narula was born in December 1953 in India. Our Picture Source and his Wikipedia page gives some information about this man.
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...
Sheriff of the City of London and Alderman on the City Lands & Bridge House Estates Committee, 1994.
Born Bath. Secretary of the Department of Science and Art. He originated the custom of sending Christmas cards. In 1840, having worked on the introduction of the first postage stamp, he had a card ...
Managing Director of the Savoy Group in 1979 - 1994.
One of the founders (1868) of Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society (RACS). First full-time secretary from 1882 until his death. He was the son of Skye crofters and served an apprenticeship of five y...
The flowers behind the 'No Entry' sign are tributes to the murdered soldier Lee Rigby. We are sure that in time we will be back here to s...
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