Person    | Male  Born 12/2/1872  Died 21/1/1958

Sir Alexander Gibb

Categories: Engineering

Countries: Scotland

Sir Alexander Gibb

Civil engineer. FRS. Born Scotland into a long line of civil engineers. In London worked on: Metropolitan Railway extension Whitechapel tp Bow and Kew Bridge. Died at his home, The Anchorage, Hartley Wintney.

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Sir Alexander Gibb

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Skempton Building plaques

2018: Eamonn Doyle has written to correct our "east to west", saying that the...

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J. & E. Hall, Dartford

J. & E. Hall, Dartford

From Dartford Archive: "In the early days the company specialised in heavy foundry-based engineering. Later on, the company developed a specialisation in refrigeration engineering." We wondered wh...

Group, Craft / Design, Engineering

1 memorial
Great Eastern Street

Great Eastern Street

Constructed 1872-6 by The Metropolitan Board of Works. Opened in 1876. Improved in 1880-2.

Place, Engineering, Transport

1 memorial
S. G. Purkis

S. G. Purkis

St Marylebone Borough Engineer and Surveyor in 1965.

Person, Engineering

1 memorial
Jonathan Shepherd

Jonathan Shepherd

Junior Assistant 2nd Engineer on the RMS Titanic. A full résumé of his life can be found on the Encyclopedia Titanica website. He is also commemorated on the Engineers Memorial, Andrews East Park,...

Person, Engineering, Tragedy

1 memorial
William Baker

William Baker

Railway engineer. In London he built the Battersea Railway Bridge, and was consulting engineer on the West London Extension Railway and the North London Railway.

Person, Engineering

0 memorials

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Sir Thomas Gresham

Sir Thomas Gresham

Created the Royal Exchange in 1566 where the Gresham family crest, a grasshopper, can be seen. Son of Richard Gresham who was a Lord Mayor of London but Thomas never was.

Person, Commerce, Politics & Administration

3 memorials
Joseph William Comyns Carr

Joseph William Comyns Carr

Born 47 Devonshire Street. Author, gallery director and theatre manager. In 1877 he became co-director of the Grosvenor Gallery in Bond Street, which promoted the work of the Pre-Raphaelite Brother...

Person, Art, Literature, Museums / Libraries, Theatre

1 memorial
W. H. Smith - W2

W. H. Smith - W2

W2, Hyde Park Street, 12

This house probably looked OK when it was part of a terrace but on its own it just looks weird.

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