Group    From 1915 

Peter Lind and Co Ltd

Categories: Engineering

Peter Lind was a Danish construction engineer who came to England when, in 1913 he was appointed designer for the British Reinforced Concrete Engineering Company. His firm built the silos for The Shredded Wheat Company at Welwyn Garden City in 1926, Waterloo Bridge in 1945 and the Post Office tower in 1964. More information and some interesting photos at our Picture source.

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Peter Lind and Co Ltd

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Waterloo Bridge

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William Jessop

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1 memorial
Paddington Station centenary

Paddington Station centenary

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...

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1 memorial
William Cawthorne Unwin

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2 memorials
Sir John Fowler

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1 memorial
David Gestetner

David Gestetner

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Person, Engineering, Austria, France, Hungary, USA

1 memorial