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...
Other Subjects
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...
first public building in the world to be lit throughout by electricity
See Savoy Theatre.
London steam carriage
Londonist have a piece on this early manifestation of the car and steam locomotive, rolled into one.
Hammersmith Bridge
The original bridge was designed by William Tierney Clark, and was the first suspension bridge over the River Thames. By the 1870s, it became evident that it was not strong enough to support the vo...
John Peake Knight
Inventor of the world's first traffic lights. Engineer and railway manager from Nottingham.