This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
first thoroughfare under a navigable river in the world
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Brunel's Engine House
Brunel's engine house The tunnel shaft and pumping house for Marc Brunel's tu...
Thames Tunnel - Rotherhithe
International Historic Civil Engineering Landmark Thames Tunnel constructed 1...
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Sir Bruce White, Wolfe Barry and Partners
Consulting engineering firm. Bruce and his brother Colin joined their father's firm in 1919 and 1923. John Wolfe Barry was already a partner. Bruce was knighted after WW2 and on the father's death ...
St Pancras Station
From the picture source website: "St Pancras train station was designed by William Barlow in 1863, with construction commencing in 1866. The famous Barlow train shed arch spans 240 feet and is over...
Peter Lind and Co Ltd
Peter Lind was a Danish construction engineer who came to England when, in 1913 he was appointed designer for the British Reinforced Concrete Engineering Company. His firm built the silos for The S...
first public supply of gas in the world
Royal Charter granted in 1812 to Gas Light and Coke Company for street lighting in London. Londonist published a lovely piece about the lamp lights of Victorian London still burning across the city.
Tom Bates
Assistant to Frederick Bremer. He helped build the first British motor car with an internal combustion engine.
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Barber Beaumont - vault stone
E1, Mile End Road, The People's Palace Foyer, Queen Mary University of London
Our transcription of this long inscription was aided by the typed Winter 1978 newsletter of the East London History Society "A Tombstone...
Norwood Grove tree 1 - Prince of Wales
SW16, Norwood Grove, garden
The RHS describe this conifer as: "'Lutea' is a loosely conical tree with a rather bushy habit, the young foliage light yellow, becoming ...
Sir George Cornewall Lewis, 2nd Baronet
Home Secretary 1859-60. Born London. Before entering politics Lewis studied linguistics and published a number of books throughout his life.
Edgar Allan Poe - N16 - Plaque 1
N16, Stoke Newington Church Street, 172
Edgar Allan Poe, 1809 - 1849, writer and poet, was a pupil at the Manor House School (1817 - 1820), which stood on this site. London Boro...
Marylebone precinct
W1, Crawford Street
This precinct was created to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, 1977. The St Marylebone Society, The Mary...
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