Built to provide steam for the pumping engines needed to keep the Thames Tunnel dry during its construction.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
Built to provide steam for the pumping engines needed to keep the Thames Tunnel dry during its construction.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Thames Tunnel Boiler House
Boiler House, this building was originally used as a boiler house during the ...
Extra 5th Engineer on the RMS Titanic. A full résumé of his life can be found on the Encyclopedia Titanica website. He is also commemorated on the Engineers Memorial, Andrews East Park, Above Bar ...
Contractors' engineer on the construction of the Rotherhithe Tunnel in 1908.
The conversion to automatic operation of all the lighthouses and light vessels. The last one to be done (perfectly timed to occur on Trafalgar Day) was North Foreland Light in Kent. For the 400 yea...
Businessman and pioneer of guitar amplification. Born in London. An electrical engineer he built a portable amplification system, which he used in his evening job as a singer and drummer. On 7 Jul...