Designed by William Tierney Clark. During its early years it was used by millions of passengers, but by the turn of the century, it had fallen into disuse owing to the arrival of the railways. A Grade II* listed building, it is the oldest surviving cast iron pier in the world.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Gravesend Pier
William Tierney Clark 1783 - 1852 {Beneath Clark's portrait and a representat...
Probably born in Carmarthen, south Wales. Architect and engineer. Employed by John Nash. Worked on the layout of Regent's Park and on the construction of the Regent's Canal as Chief Engineer of the...
Created by Tubby Clayton, Dr B R Leftwich, Lord Wakefield and Sir Follett Holt. Purpose: to improve Tower Hill by removing from it certain ugly buildings which at that time disfigured it and hampe...
Built by Thomas Henry Wyatt, in the Italianate style. It became a royal garrison church in 1928, following a visit by King George V. It contains many mosaics, particularly one by Antonio Salviati, ...
Professor of Land Use and Transport Studies and Dean of Architecture at Cambridge. Born Chile. Awarded an OBE in 2009.
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
Aged 28, returning from work to his home in Wanstead, hit by an Olympic media bus (ferrying journalists to the Olympic site). Died at the scene. Dan was a keen cyclist, having biked across Thailan...
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
Could this be? No, surely not. Could it be.... Charles Foster Kane?Funded the erection of a water trough shortly after 1901.
