Inventor and engineer. Designed and manufactured The Maxim Gun. Born Sangersville, Maine, USA, naturalised British. Died London.
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Sir Hiram Maxim
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Sir Hiram Maxim and his gun
Greater London Council Sir Hiram Maxim, 1840 - 1916, inventor and engineer d...
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James W. Croxford
Surveyor, civil engineer, working with Brentford Council in 1909.
1 memorial
Finchley Road
This highway was constructed in 1835 as an alternative by-pass route to the old road from London to the north, which took the gruelling haul up through the congested streets of Hampstead.
1 memorial
G. W. Pickin, BSc, C.Eng, FICE, FIMunE, FRSA
City of London Engineer in 1977 and 1982.
2 memorials
Henry Ryland Dyer
Senior Assistant 4th 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, ...
1 memorial
Lighthouse Automation Programme
The conversion to automatic operation of all the lighthouses and light vessels. The last one to be done (perfectly timed to occur on Trafalgar Day) was North Foreland Light in Kent. For the 400 yea...
1 memorial
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Soho Fire Station - Wilson and Mitchell
W1, Shaftesbury Avenue, Soho Fire Station, 126
These plaques are all inside and normally inaccessible but, for the 2018 Pride in London Soho fire station held an open day and we took o...
Civilian war dead | WW2
4 subjects commemorated
4 subjects commemorated
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Formed by Marc Bolan and Steve Took as Tyrannosaurus Rex, the name was shortened to T.Rex round about the time success came with 'Ride a White Swan' in 1970/1. The band ended when Bolan was killed...
5 memorials
Archdeacon Charles Wellington Furse
1882 Rector of St John the Evangelist and went on to become Archdeacon of Westminster. Not to be confused with the painter C. W. Furse, his son.
1 memorial
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