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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George Wimpey Ltd
Based in Hammersmith initially so an early job was very local - the Hammersmith Town Hall. Also: the first electric tramway in London and the White City exhibition buildings including the 1908 Oly...
K. P. Harman
Camden Borough engineer & surveyor in 1969. Initials after his name: "B.Sc. (Eng.) F.I.C.E., F.I.Mun.E.". From the information given by Dugald Gonsal which is shown on our Memorial entry for t...
first thoroughfare under a navigable river in the world
See Brunel's Thames Tunnel.
South End Road bridge reconstruction
Reconstructed & widened in 1969 replacing a 28 ft. wide cast iron bridge built in 1864.
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Second Lieutenant Arthur Philip Abecasis
Arthur Philip Abecasis was born in Paddington, London, in 1889, the youngest of the three children of Victor Emile Abecasis (1861-1929) and Amelia Frances Lucas Abecasis née Belinfante (1864-1939)....
Mozart - WC2
WC2, Cecil Court, 9, Mark Sullivan Antiques
Unveiled by Simon Callow, who was the first actor to play the part of Mozart in the Peter Shaffer play 'Amadeus', at the National Theatre...
R. B. Sheridan - Savile Row
W1, Savile Row, 14
Richard Brinsley Sheridan, dramatist, lived here, B: 1751, D: 1816. {Almost hidden in the decorative border:} Erected by the Society of ...
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