Group    From 1554  To 1848

Surrey and Kent Commission of Sewers

Categories: Engineering

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Since Tudor times this organisation was responsible for the drainage of the low-lying parts of the whole of the then built-up area of South London. 1848 - subsumed into the Metropolitan Commission of Sewers which covered the whole of London.

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This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Surrey and Kent Commission of Sewers

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Duffield Sluice

Sewers Surrey & Kent Duffield Sluice 1822

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Brown Lenox & Co

Brown Lenox & Co

Created as Brown & Co, by Samuel Brown, a Naval Captain.  Became Brown Lenox & Co in 1828 following Brown going into partnership with his cousin, Samuel Lenox in 1806.  The West Ferry Road ...

Group, Commerce, Engineering

1 memorial
CIWEM

CIWEM

Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management

Group, Engineering, Science

2 memorials
Clarendon Arch

Clarendon Arch

The New River had to be carried over Salmon's Brook (now dry).  To do this a 660-feet long lead-lined wooden aqueduct was built in 1608-13, known as the Bush Hill Frame.  At the same time a bridge ...

Building, Engineering

2 memorials
Frederick Bremer

Frederick Bremer

Engineer and inventor. Born in Stepney. A gas-fitter and plumber by trade, in 1892, with his assistant Tom Bates, he built the first British motor car with an internal combustion engine. Died Walth...

Person, Engineering

1 memorial
Sir William Henry White

Sir William Henry White

2014: Via Facebook Martin Evans suggests this man for the name panel at IC.  His close links with IC are indicated by him becoming a governor at the same time that the building was being erected.  ...

Person, Engineering

1 memorial

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Spitfire factory

Spitfire factory

NW8, Hatton Street

Erected in the 1920s this building has now been divided into a number of sections. In 1988 one section was re-designed by Sir Terry Farre...

2 subjects commemorated
John Bailey

John Bailey

Role on the lost expedition: Able seaman on SS Terror. See John Franklin.

Person, Exploring, Tragedy

1 memorial
Aldous Huxley

Aldous Huxley

Writer. Born Aldous Leonard Huxley in Godalming, Surrey, the son of Leonard Huxley. He wrote nearly fifty books, the best known of which are: 'Eyeless in Gaza', 'Antic Hay' and 'Brave New World'. I...

Person, Literature, USA

1 memorial
Tilbury Douglas Construction Limited / Interserve

Tilbury Douglas Construction Limited / Interserve

The picture source gives the history of the company, which changed its name in 2007.

Group, Engineering

1 memorial