Person    | Male  Born 22/8/1788  Died 28/1/1829

Thomas Tredgold

Categories: Engineering

Engineer, specialising initially in carpentry and wood. Born near Durham.

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Thomas Tredgold

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Skempton Building plaques

2018: Eamonn Doyle has written to correct our "east to west", saying that the...

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Frederick Bremer

Frederick Bremer

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1 memorial
Sir Follett Holt, KBE

Sir Follett Holt, KBE

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1 memorial
Major-General William Roy

Major-General William Roy

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Person, Armed Forces, Engineering, History, Science, Scotland

2 memorials
Woolwich Royal Arsenal

Woolwich Royal Arsenal

Site of armaments manufacture, ammunition proofing, and explosives research for the British armed forces. There were four departments: The Storekeeper's Department; The Royal Laboratory (manufactu...

Place, Engineering

2 memorials
Rotherhithe Tunnel Airshaft

Rotherhithe Tunnel Airshaft

The building contains a staircase down to the tunnel and pedestrian footpath. The photograph is of this airshaft's partner on the north bank.

Building, Engineering

1 memorial

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George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham

George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham

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Person, Poetry, Politics & Administration

3 memorials