Place    From 1840  To 1968

London And Blackwall Railway

Categories: Transport

Opened as the 'Commercial Railway' it connected Central London with the docks.

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London And Blackwall Railway

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Bow Road Railway Station

Bow Road Railway Station on the London And Blackwall Railway, built in 1869. ...

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Moorgate tube disaster

Moorgate tube disaster

At Moorgate station a southbound tube train from Drayton Park failed to stop on a terminus platform, ran into the tunnel, through the buffers and smashed into the wall at the end.  Because it was b...

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2 memorials
Aston Martin

Aston Martin

Lionel Martin and Robert Bamford formed the company, initially as Bamford and Martin Ltd.   They used the garage at the site of the plaque as a workshop and here they developed their first model th...

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1 memorial
Stratford Depot

Stratford Depot

A Motive Power Depot (MPD) used for the storage of train engines when not in use.

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1 memorial
Thomas Auton

Thomas Auton

Thomas Auton was born on 14 February 1864 in Uffculme, Cullompton, Devon, probably the fifth of the six children of John and Mary Ann Auton. His birth was registered in the 1st quarter of 1864 in t...

Person, Transport

1 memorial
Tower subway

Tower subway

A tunnel beneath the Thames with entrances at Tower Hill and at Vine Lane on the south side. The second tunnel under the Thames (the first being Brunel's) and the first tunnel anywhere built using ...

Place, Transport

1 memorial