From Car History:
In June 1892 John F. Palmer (American) obtained two US patents for a “thread-fabric” bicycle pneumatic tire. Shortly afterwards he moved to England; registering the Palmer Tire Company in 1895 and opened a tire production plant at a factory owned by the India Rubber Company in Silvertown.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Palmer Tyre Company
Commemorated ati
Spitfire factory
{At the centre around a winged wheel with laurel wreath:} Palmer Hatton Stree...
Other Subjects
C. Harman Wigan
Director of Vinot Cars Ltd. Andrew Behan has kindly carried out some research on this man: Cecil Harman Wigan was born on 7 June 1874 in Mortlake, Surrey, a son of James Wigan and Maria Branley He...
1 memorial
Tea Trade in London
The following text is taken from the Shoreditch plaque: This plaque commemorates 350 years of the tea industry in the City of London. The industry was spread over Plantation House (now Plantation ...
3 memorials
Gas Light and Coke Company
Founded by Frederick Albert Winsor (who also gave the world's first demonstration of street lighting by coal gas). Nationalised 1949 and privatised 1986. Demerged in 1997 into Centrica plc and BG p...
1 memorial
International Maritime Organisation
Part of the UN, the IMO has its HQ in London (we do like our initials). Always based in London, it began as the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organisation in Chancery Lane, moved to 22 ...
1 memorial
Sir Julius Wernher
Co-founder and funder (with Alfred Beit) of the Royal School of Mines building. Born Damstadt, Germany, came to London in 1871, and, acting as a diamond agent, went to Kimberly in South Africa. Re...
Person, Industry, Philanthropy, Race Issues, Germany, South Africa
1 memorial
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St Govor's Well
W2, Kensington Gardens
The Living Stream: Holy Wells in Historical Context By James Rattue, 1995 says "As his lands included the parish of St Govor in west Wale...
1 subject commemorated
Geological Society of London
WC2, Great Queen Street, 63, Connaught Rooms
The development of the southern side of Great Queen Street is complex: it's a story of overlapping rebuildings and extensions to the Free...
2 subjects commemorated
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Charlie Petherick
Poplar councillor imprisoned during the 1921 rates protest.
1 memorial
William Booth bust
E1, Mile End Road, Mile End Waste
As so often, Ornamental Passions have a good post on this sculpture.
1 subject commemorated,
2 creators
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