Based in Hammersmith initially so an early job was very local - the Hammersmith Town Hall. Also: the first electric tramway in London and the White City exhibition buildings including the 1908 Olympic stadium. 2007 merged with Taylor Woodrow into Taylor Wimpey, a civil engineering and construction company.
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Sir Henry Bessemer
Engineer known for inventing the Bessemer process for producing steel. Born Charlton, Hertfordshire. Moved to London aged 17. From 1833 he lived at 15 Northampton Square, the EC1 site now occupied ...
2 memorials
Thomas Hawksley
Civil engineer, particularly with water projects. Born near Nottingham. Died at home at 14 Phillimore Gardens.
2 memorials
Jan Verbruggen
Master gun-founder and artist. Born at Enkhuizen in the Netherlands. After an unsuccessful attempt in 1763, he and his son Pieter were appointed master founders at the Royal Arsenal Woolwich in 177...
2 memorials
A. E. Darby
Bethnal Green Borough Engineer/Architect in 1922, 1926, 1937.
4 memorials
South End Road bridge reconstruction
Reconstructed & widened in 1969 replacing a 28 ft. wide cast iron bridge built in 1864.
1 memorial
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