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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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Arthur John Rous

Arthur John Rous

Plumber 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 Bar Street, Sou...

Person, Engineering, Tragedy

1 memorial
Frederick Handley Page

Frederick Handley Page

Aircraft designer and manufacturer. His company manufactured the Halifax bombers used in WW2.

Person, Aviation, Engineering, Transport

1 memorial
William Edward Farquharson

William Edward Farquharson

Senior Second Engineer 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

1 memorial
Alfred Samuel Allsop

Alfred Samuel Allsop

2nd Electrician on the RMS Titanic. A résumé of his life can be found on the Encyclopedia-titanica website that incorrectly claims (in April 2022) that he was aged 36 years when he died. His birth...

Person, Engineering, Tragedy

1 memorial
Norwood pumping station

Norwood pumping station

This building provided the propulsion for the Croydon atmospheric railway. We don't know when the building was demolished. This 1868 map shows a building approximately '50m north of the bridge' whi...

Place, Engineering

1 memorial

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84th Regiment

84th Regiment

Part of the force commanded by Havelock. Infantry.

Group, Armed Forces

1 memorial
Gordon and Viner

Gordon and Viner

Architects. We can find no other building by this pair, nor anything about them.

Group, Architecture

1 memorial
H. G. Wells

H. G. Wells

Born Bromley, Kent. Wrote "The Time Machine", "The War of the Worlds", "The History of Mr Polly" (1909). Married twice but believed in and practised free love. Had many affairs, his mistresses incl...

Person, Literature, Seriously Famous

11 memorials
Gilbert Bayes

Gilbert Bayes

Born 6 Oval Road, Camden Town. Also did the bronze group with clock at the entrance to Selfridges; Oxford Street (1928); the lovely sculptural work on 1 Wigmore Street (1925) as shown at Ornamental...

Person, Sculpture

11 memorials