Event    From 10/10/1881 

first public building in the world to be lit throughout by electricity

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first public building in the world to be lit throughout by electricity

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Savoy Theatre

Westminster City Council Savoy Theatre Opened in 1881, the Savoy Theatre wa...

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John Smeaton

John Smeaton

Civil engineer.  Born and died at Austhorpe Lodge, Whitkirk, near Leeds. In 1748 he moved to London initially at Great Turnstile and set up in business first as a scientist and maker of instruments...

Person, Engineering

3 memorials
Northern Outfall Sewer

Northern Outfall Sewer

A major 'gravity' sewer running from Hackney to Beckton. Mainly designed by Sir Joseph Bazalgette after an outbreak of cholera in 1853 and the 'Great Stink' in the Thames of 1858. Our picture shows...

Place, Engineering, Social Welfare

2 memorials
Sir John Fowler

Sir John Fowler

Civil engineer. Born in Wadsley, Sheffield. Fowler's was a long and eminent career, spanning most of the 19th century's railway expansion, and he was engineer, adviser or consultant to many British...

Person, Engineering

1 memorial
George Croydon Marks

George Croydon Marks

Engineer and politician. Born in Eltham. He was apprenticed at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich. In 1882 he joined Tangye Ltd in Birmingham and became head of the lifting-machinery department and an exp...

Person, Engineering, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Alan Raymond Mais, Baron Mais

Alan Raymond Mais, Baron Mais

Labour Party Life peer. Lord Mayor 1972-3. Born Southampton. After WW2 joined contractors Trollope & Colls, becoming joint-managing director and chairman in 1963 and retiring in 1968 when the ...

Person, Engineering, Lord Mayor, Politics & Administration

1 memorial