The building contains a staircase down to the tunnel and pedestrian footpath. The photograph is of this airshaft's partner on the north bank.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
The building contains a staircase down to the tunnel and pedestrian footpath. The photograph is of this airshaft's partner on the north bank.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Rotherhithe Tunnel Airshaft
{Beneath the London Docklands Development Corporation logo:} Rotherhithe Tunn...
Engineer. His name appears on a stone at Abbey Road DLR Station. We have found references to him on-line as an engineer and chief engineer on several railways in Britain. Abbey Road DLR Station was...
Resident Engineer responsible for the construction of the Northern Outfall Sewer in 1862-3. Also co-designer of Abbey Mills pumping station.
Born Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, son of the Danish Consul and was educated in Germany and later Denmark. Civil engineer who collaborated with many modern architects on projects such as the Sydney Opera ...
Civil engineer. Born Allan Harry Beckett in East Ham. He designed the 'whale' floating roadways which were a crucial part of the Mulberry harbours that were used in the Normandy Landings in June 19...
Engineer and politician. Born Derby. He saw the potential of refrigeration and developed equipment that was used extensively both on land and on ships. Knighted by Queen Victoria in 1891 he fund...
We can find nothing about this but guess it is some offshoot of the Russian embassy.
The roundels on the north, river-facing, frontage are occupied by, left to right: Anson, Drake, Cook, Howard, Blake, Benbow, Sandwich, Ro...
One New Change: "The mosaics were originally located within the main entrance lobby of the New Change Building, a home to Bank of England...
Prime Minister 1827-1828. Secretary of State for War and the Colonies 1812-1827. Died at home, 16 Arlington Street.
Discovering London took great delight in proving that the "cells" in the pub next door, the Viaduct, are, contrary to urban myth, nothing...
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