Building    From 28/6/1897 

Shoreditch Electricity Generating Station and Refuse Destructor

Categories: Industry

An early purpose-built undertaking to generate electricity from steam created by burning rubbish.
From Geograph: " The generated electricity powered street lights and some adjacent washhouses, since demolished. At its most efficient it consumed about 10 tons of rubbish per day."

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Shoreditch Electricity Generating Station and Refuse Destructor

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Shoreditch Electricity Station

Inaugurated by Lord Kelvin.

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Herbert Ashcombe Walker

Herbert Ashcombe Walker

Railway manager. Born Talbot Road, Paddington. London & South Western Railway General Manager 1911 - 1923. Southern Railway General Manager 1923 - 1937. Director 1937 - 1947. In charge of the d...

Person, Industry, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
International Maritime Organisation

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 ...

Group, Industry, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
garment and textile industries in the East End

garment and textile industries in the East End

The origins of the East End textile industry can be traced to the 14th century when Flemish artisans set up dye works on the River Lea. In the late 17th century the Huguenots arrived in Spitalfield...

Concept, Commerce, Craft / Design, Industry

4 memorials
Tea Trade in London

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 ...

Group, Commerce, Food & Drink, Industry

3 memorials
Frederick Nettlefold

Frederick Nettlefold

Industrialist, his company was Guest, Keen and Nettlefolds. Born in Acton, London, son of John Sutton Nettlefold (1792–1866). JSN was in business with Frederick's cousin Joseph Chamberlain. Freder...

Person, Industry, Philanthropy

1 memorial

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Ernest Webb

Ernest Webb

Victim of the Druid Street arch bomb, aged 32.

Person

War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
L. T. Case

L. T. Case

Worked at the Stock Exchange and died in WW1.

Person

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
The Three Tuns

The Three Tuns

Public House in Beckenham, Kent. David Bowie performed here in the early days of his career. It was renamed as the 'Rat and Parrot' in the late 1990s. It later returned to its original name, shortl...

Building, Food & Drink

1 memorial
C. L. Aldous

C. L. Aldous

Man of East or West Molesey who died in WW1.

Person

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
W. C. A. Payne
War dead, WW1
1 memorial