Established by the British government. During World War II it contributed to the war effort with research that aided the development of plastic armour and the bouncing bomb used in the Dambusters Raid. It became an executive agency of the UK Department for Transport in 1992 and changed its name to Transport Research Laboratory (TRL). It was privatised in 1996.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Road Research Laboratory
{By an image of a Lancaster Bomber:} Tests conducted by the Road Research Lab...
Founded by a small group of clockmakers, whose aim was to unify the British horological industry and trades in the face of large numbers of imports of clocks and watches from abroad.
Bethnal Green Borough Engineer/Architect in 1922, 1926, 1937.
Civil engineer. Born Yorkshire as Thomas Peirson Frank. Chief Engineer for London County Council, 1930 - 1946. His secret rapid response unit saved London from drowning during the Blitz many times...
Engineer. 1906 Copperthwaite published "Tunnel shields and the use of compressed air in subaqueous works". 2021: We were kindly contacted by Christopher Nobbs (great-nephew of Copperthwaite) who w...
Royal Engineer killed by an exploding bomb while assisting in the attempt to disarm it. Andrew Behan has kindly carried out some research on this man: Somewhat difficult to trace this chap with an...
Lookup London draws attention to the signature on the side of the boat. It is very different from Kremer's other signatures but our zoome...
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