Place    From 1876 

Great Eastern Street

Categories: Engineering, Transport

Place

Constructed 1872-6 by The Metropolitan Board of Works. Opened in 1876. Improved in 1880-2.

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Great Eastern Street

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Great Eastern Street fountain

Pink and grey polished granite, sandstone capital and a ball finial in the fo...

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Henry Philip Creese

Henry Philip Creese

Deck Engineer on the RMS Titanic. A 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
Pierre Cérésole

Pierre Cérésole

Engineer and peace activist. Born in Lausanne. He worked in the United States and Japan, returning to Switzerland at the outbreak of WW1. He became a conscientious objector, and was imprisoned beca...

Person, Engineering, Peace, Switzerland

1 memorial
Finchley Road

Finchley Road

This highway was constructed in 1835 as an alternative by-pass route to the old road from London to the north, which took the gruelling haul up through the congested streets of Hampstead.

Place, Engineering, Transport

1 memorial
James W. Croxford

James W. Croxford

Surveyor, civil engineer, working with Brentford Council in 1909.

Person, Engineering, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Watson Strother, A.M.I.C.E., M.I.Mun.E., A.R.I.C.S.

Watson Strother, A.M.I.C.E., M.I.Mun.E., A.R.I.C.S.

Watson Strother was born on 13 February 1902. His birth was registered in the 1st quarter of 1902 in the South Shields Registration District, Durham and he was the eldest of the three children of J...

Person, Emergency Services, Engineering

1 memorial