A Motive Power Depot (MPD) used for the storage of train engines when not in use.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
A Motive Power Depot (MPD) used for the storage of train engines when not in use.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Stratford Depot
Represents mechanical engineers and the engineering profession. It has over 120,000 members in 140 countries, working across industries such as railway, automotive, aerospace, manufacturing, energy...
Electronics engineer and humanist. Born as Dénes Gábor, in Budapest, Hungary. He worked in Germany for several years, but moved to England when Adolf Hitler came to power. he invented holography in...
A major 'gravity' sewer running from Hackney to Beckton. Mainly designed by Sir Joseph Bazalgette after an outbreak of cholera in 1853 and the 'Great Stink' in the Thames of 1858. Our picture shows...
Used c.1709 - 1720 to pump water supplied via the New River from the round pond to the upper pond (now Claremont Square reservoir).
Military engineer, surveyor, antiquary. Born South Lanarkshire. Founder of the Ordnance Survey. 1749-55, one of a team that produced "The Duke of Cumberland's Map", commissioned by George II as ...
Person, Armed Forces, Engineering, History, Science, Scotland
Created by Reginald Brabazon, cleverly designed to coincide with Queen Victoria's birthday. In 1958 it was renamed Commonwealth Day and in 1977 the date moved to the second Monday in March.
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