Engineer. Born Charlton. Best known for the St Pancras railway shed. Died at home, High Combe, 145 Charlton Road, SE7, not far from his place of birth.
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William Henry Barlow
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St Pancras Station
St Pancras Station, built originally by the Derby based Midland Railway Compa...
William Henry Barlow
English Heritage William Henry Barlow, 1812-1902, engineer, lived and died here.
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Lieutenant Colonel John By
Founder of Ottawa, the capital of Canada. Lieutenant Colonel in the Royal Engineers. Born Lambeth and baptised in the church of St. Mary-at-Lambeth, August 10, 1779. After a distinguished career ...
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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 ...
2 memorials
James Fraser
Junior Assistant 3rd 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...
1 memorial
François Hennebique
Engineer and builder. One of the early innovators with reinforced concrete initially in Brussels. In 1892, he patented a reinforced-concrete construction system. The first building erected using th...
1 memorial
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American troops in WW2 in London
During WW2 the US armed forces worshipped at the Grosvenor Chapel and partied at Rainbow Corner. This seems a good place to mention the searchable on-line honour roll of 28,000 Americans based in ...
3 memorials
Stratford Underground crash
The accident, caused by driver error after a signal failure, occurred on the Central line of the London Underground. A signal in the tunnel between Stratford and Leyton had been damaged, and this a...
1 memorial
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