Building    From 1825 

first thoroughfare under a navigable river in the world

Categories: Engineering, Transport

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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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Automobile Association

Automobile Association

The Automobile Association, originally set up to help motorists avoid police speed traps, opened its first office in Fleet Street in 1905.

Group, Community / Clubs, Engineering

1 memorial
William Booth Scott

William Booth Scott

William Booth Scott was born on 18 August 1822 in Hammersmith, the son of John James Scott (1789-1860) and Sophie Scott née Germaine (1791-1850). He married Emily Murley Porter (1825-1901), the ma...

Person, Engineering

3 memorials
William Charles Copperthwaite

William Charles Copperthwaite

Engineer. 1906 Copperthwaite published "Tunnel shields and the use of compressed air in subaqueous works". 2021: We were kindly contacted by Christopher Nobbs (great-nephew of Copperthwaite) who w...

Person, Engineering

2 memorials
Islington Tunnel

Islington Tunnel

960 yards (878 metres) long, designed by James Morgan, built over the three years 1815 to 1818.  Caroline's Miscellany has a good post.

Building, Engineering

3 memorials