Group    From 1751  To 1866

Thames Navigation Commission

Categories: Transport

Created in 1751 with responsibility for locks on the river down to Staines.  Subsumed into the Thames Conservancy in 1866.

Three generations of the Treacher family held senior positions in the Thames Navigation from 1791-1863 and kept detailed records (see picture) of their work to improve the Thames.  

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This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Thames Navigation Commission

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Teddington Lock - 1857

This plaque surely can't have been intended to be submerged? Did they accide...

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Teddington Lock - 1858

We found the punctuation on this plaque so peculiar we have transcribed it ex...

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Sustrans

Sustrans

Charity. It encourages people to travel by foot, bike or public transport for more of the journeys they make every day. Formed in Bristol as 'Cyclebag' by a group of cyclists and environmentalists,...

Group, Transport

18 memorials
Norwood Junction subway

Norwood Junction subway

A step-free cut through from one side to the other of Norwood Junction Station, connecting Station Road to Clifford Road, was formally opened on 31 July 1912. It is claimed to be the world's first ...

Place, Transport

2 memorials
Temple Mills

Temple Mills

A district on the boundaries of Newham and Waltham Forest. The name derives from the water mills which straddled the River Lea. Medieval Hackney was largely rural and crops were grown that needed ...

Place, Commerce, Transport

1 memorial
Handley Page V1500 bomber crash

Handley Page V1500 bomber crash

The aircraft had taken off from Cricklewood Aerodrome. At an altitude of approximately 700 to 800ft, all four of the engines were heard to stop, sending it crashing to the ground and catching fire....

Event, Tragedy, Transport

1 memorial
Frank Kreppel

Frank Kreppel

Worked at Willesden Garage and killed in a WW1 air raid. The war memorial outside Willesden Bus Garage shows his name as F. Kreppell. However, most records show his surname spelt as Kreppel, includ...

Person, Tragedy, Transport

War dead, WW1
1 memorial