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British Waterways London
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Blow-up bridge
'Blow-up' bridge At 3am on 2 October 1874, the boat 'Tilbury', carrying gunpo...
Islington Tunnel - east - lost
Two points about the wording on this plaque. 'Navies' were the men who built...
Islington Tunnel - west
Legging the longest tunnel At 960 yards (878 metres) long, the Islington Tun...
Limehouse basin model
{At the centre of this circular plaque/low relief sculpture:} This plaque was...
St Pancras Basin
St Pancras Basin, just above the lock, was opened in 1870 as a coal wharf. Wh...
Other Subjects
A. A. Langley
Engineer. His name appears on a stone at Abbey Road DLR Station. We have found references to him on-line as an engineer and chief engineer on several railways in Britain. Abbey Road DLR Station was...
Peter Frank Stott
Civil engineer. Eight years working in Australia. Director of Highways and Transportation at the GLC 1964-67. President of the Institute of Civil Engineers in 1990. Died Devon.
Person, Engineering, Politics & Administration, Transport, Australia
Thames Tunnel Boiler House
Built to provide steam for the pumping engines needed to keep the Thames Tunnel dry during its construction.
Rotherhithe Tunnel
Road tunnel crossing under the River Thames, connecting Rotherhithe to the Ratcliff district of Limehouse. Designed by Sir Maurice Fitzmaurice, it was constructed using both a tunnelling 'shield' a...
James Watt
Born Greenock. Engineer. Worked with steam engines, devising a separate condenser which greatly improved efficiency. The watt unit of power was named for him. Died Handsworth, Staffordshire.
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A. E. Housman - W2
W2, Northumberland Place, 39
Lovely graphic border to this plaque - ears of corn.
City and Midland Bank - WW2
E14, Canada Square, 8
Between the two lit sections is a bronze wreath with a large V made of a tasselled ribbon draped across the centre - all in bronze. It is...
City and Midland Bank - WW1
E14, Canada Square, 8
Statues flank this central panel. The bases of both are inscribed: Albert Toft, Sc. 1921. One is a winged angel writing in an open book (...
718 subjects commemorated, 3 creators
Michael Noel Carman
A Labour party councillor of the London Borough of Hounslow 1992 and c.2003-6. He attended meetings but the only achievement we can find is the unveiling of the newly sited Brentford Monument. Acc...