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first thoroughfare under a navigable river in the world

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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...

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Thames Tunnel - Rotherhithe

International Historic Civil Engineering Landmark Thames Tunnel constructed 1...

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Sir Owen Williams

Sir Owen Williams

Engineer. Born Evan Owen Williams. He was appointed chief consulting civil engineer to the British Empire Exhibition in Wembley. Later he was the principal engineer for the Gravelly Hill Interchang...

Person, Engineering

2 memorials
A. A. Langley

A. A. Langley

Engineer. His name appears on a stone at Abbey Road DLR Station. We have found references to him on-line as an engineer and chief engineer on several railways in Britain. Abbey Road DLR Station was...

Person, Engineering

1 memorial
Alfred Pirrie Middleton

Alfred Pirrie Middleton

Assistant Electrician 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 B...

Person, Engineering, Tragedy, Ireland

1 memorial
Captain Michael Studholme

Captain Michael Studholme

HM Surveyor of Roads, 1690-1715.  Not a poor man, he owned property in St Martin's-in-the-Fields, St James's and Dover.

Person, Engineering

1 memorial
William Harnett Blanch

William Harnett Blanch

Historian. Born into a family of gun and rifle manufacturers, he was a prolific writer of books, mainly about the local history of London. He also founded The London Thirteen Club as a means of de...

Person, Engineering, Literature

1 memorial

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Margaret Rutherford - Wimbledon

Margaret Rutherford - Wimbledon

SW19, Berkeley Place, 4

Dame Margaret Rutherford, 1892 - 1972, actress, lived here, 1895 - 1920. English Heritage

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
W. Harmer

W. Harmer

106894 Private Royal Fusiliers. Age 35. 22.

Person

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Teddington Lock - 1858

Teddington Lock - 1858

TW11, Teddington Lock

We found the punctuation on this plaque so peculiar we have transcribed it exactly. Just shows that way back in 1858 even people in a po...

1 subject commemorated, 4 creators
Louise Michel

Louise Michel

Anarchist. Born France. Active in the Paris Commune. Deported to New Caledonia in the Pacific. Returned to Paris when the Communards were granted amnesty. She continued her disruptive activities an...

Person, Politics & Administration, France

1 memorial