{Beneath the London Docklands Development Corporation logo:}
Rotherhithe Tunnel Airshaft. This listed structure was constructed between 1904 and 1908 by the engineer Sir Maurice Fitzmaurice. The Prince of Wales opened the tunnel in 1908.
SE16, Brunel Road
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Rotherhithe Tunnel Airshaft
Road tunnel crossing under the River Thames, connecting Rotherhithe to the Ra...
The building contains a staircase down to the tunnel and pedestrian footpath....
Civil engineer. Born at Clogher, near Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland. He worke...
Reigned: 1910 - 1936. Born third in line to the throne, after his father (wh...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Rotherhithe Tunnel Airshaft
We did not initially recognise this logo, on at least 8 plaques in the Surrey...
The plaque, as well as having rather peculiar punctuation gets the year of death wrong but only by 2 days, so understandable.
This memorial originally comprised the two low marble plaques with the display stand between and a rather nice little fountain behind. O...
Londonist points out how important correct use of English can be: "This was not the only Strand building to survive the Great Fire... the...
Kenny Clare 1929 - 1984 acclaimed British jazz drummer born in Leytonstone, lived here 1953 - 1957. Waltham Forest Heritage
The sun-burst was part of de Worde's printer's device - printed at the front or back of all books to identify the printer. Not sure we w...
Our thanks to our deciphering-of-difficult-to-read-inscriptions consultant, John Hartley, without whom we would be reporting that Emma Co...
Excluding the allegories (such as Knowledge) there are 36 statues on the two public façades of the V&A Museum, on Exhibition Road and...
These doors are in the centre of the river frontage of the building. Mapping of sculpture alerted us to this memorial: "The ground floor...
Westminster City Council Pioneer aviator, sailor and author, Sir Francis Chichester KBE, 1901 - 1972, single-handed circumnavigator of t...
She had a busy time on her visit to England in June 1989 to help us celebrate the Glorious Revolution of 1688 and the crowning of William of Orange in 1689. We've found 1 memorial she unveiled on ...
