London terminus for Great Western Railways since 1838. The current station was designed by Brunel in 1854. The underground arrived in 1863 and Paddington was the original western terminus for the Metropolitan line, the world's first underground passenger railway.
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Paddington Station centenary
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Paddington Station's centenary
1854 - 1954 This plaque was unveiled on 29th May 1954 to commemorate the cent...
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John Dixon
Civil Engineer from Newcastle. Freemason. His brother, Waynman, was an engineer and an Egyptologist so was used on the project to bring Cleopatra's Needle to London. There is a legend that Waynman ...
1 memorial
Tommy Tucker
Ship's engineer. Known as 'Skipper', he was the second husband of the author Edith Nesbit. Andrew Behan has provided this research: Tommy Tucker was born as Thomas Terry Tucker. His father and pat...
1 memorial
Greenwich Foot Tunnel
Pedestrian tunnel under the Thames designed by Sir Alexander Binnie, linking Greenwich town centre in the south with Island Gardens Park in the north. It is 1,215 feet (370.2 m) long and 50 feet (1...
3 memorials
Henry Ryland Dyer
Senior Assistant 4th 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, ...
1 memorial
Sir John Isaac Thornycroft
Civil engineer. Son of Thomas and Mary Thornycroft. Born Rome. Studied and began work in Glasgow. Then studied at the Royal School of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering at South Kensingt...
1 memorial