Engineer. Born Evan Owen Williams. He was appointed chief consulting civil engineer to the British Empire Exhibition in Wembley. Later he was the principal engineer for the Gravelly Hill Interchange (better known as 'Spaghetti Junction').
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Sir Owen Williams
Sir Owen Williams, architect & engineer ,1890 - 1969, designed and built ...
{Plaque on the front of the plinth, beneath a drawing of a lion:} The lion wa...
Aircraft designer and manufacturer. His company manufactured the Halifax bombers used in WW2.
Civil engineer. Born in Wadsley, Sheffield. Fowler's was a long and eminent career, spanning most of the 19th century's railway expansion, and he was engineer, adviser or consultant to many British...
Born Edinburgh. Physicist. Worked in thermodynamics. Never married but was musical and wrote humorous songs. Died Glasgow.
Gun-founder. Son of Jan Verbruggen. The picture shows the second machine built by the Verbruggens.
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