Used c.1709 - 1720 to pump water supplied via the New River from the round pond to the upper pond (now Claremont Square reservoir).
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New River Head windmill
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New River Head windmill
The Round House Remains of the windmill used c.1709 - 1720 to pump water from...
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John Smeaton
Civil engineer. Born and died at Austhorpe Lodge, Whitkirk, near Leeds. In 1748 he moved to London initially at Great Turnstile and set up in business first as a scientist and maker of instruments...
Edward Willis
From Historic England: Engineer and architect to the Chiswick Urban District Council in 1921. Also designed the Memorial Fund's Chiswick War Memorial Rest Homes, Burlington Lane. Housing disabled s...
Norman E. Harrison, A.M.I.Mech.E.
Junior 2rd Engineer on the RMS Titanic. A full résumé of his life can be found on the Encyclopedia Titanica website. He is also commemorated on the Engineers Memorial, Andrews East Park, Above Ba...
William Walker (diver)
Diver. Born William Robert Bellenie in Newington, SE1 (but we can't find the address). Began diver training at Portsmouth Dockyard and qualified in 1892. He is famous as the saviour of Winchester C...
first public building in the world to be lit throughout by electricity
See Savoy Theatre.
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Arthur G. B. West
We were delighted to find this Jack Boothe drawing of West in The Vancouver Province (British Columbia, Canada), 21 September 1935. The article, 'Big man with big hands comes out to start fifty boy...
Corporation of the City of London
The municipal governing body of the City of London. Officially the 'Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London'. In 2006 the name was changed from just 'Corporation of London' to disti...
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