The flag ship, the largest of 3 ships, in which Columbus discovered America. It was a 'caravel' a particular type of sailing ship used by the Spanish and Portuguese in the 15th and 16th centuries. Our picture shows a replica.
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Santa Maria, ship
Commemorated ati
Sante Maria weather vane
Made of beaten copper. War-damaged in 1944 it was restored and re-erected in...
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Avro No. 1 Triplane
Airplane designed and built by Alliott Verdon Roe. The first all-British aircraft, its maiden flight took place on Walthamstow Marshes. The photograph shows Roe standing by the plane. We guess Roe ...
3 memorials
Blackfriars Station
The station was opened by the London, Chatham and Dover Railway company with the name St. Paul's, and renamed in 1937. It underwent a major redevelopment between 2009 and 2012, with the platforms n...
1 memorial
Docklands Light Railway
An automated light metro system, opened in 1987 and extended four times. 2024: Londonist have an excellent Brief History Of The DLR.
3 memorials
First car park in Marylebone
The first municipal car park in St Marylebone was unveiled in 1965.
1 memorial
Handley Page V/1500
A British night-flying heavy bomber built by Handley Page towards the end of WWW1. It was a four-engine biplane, which resembled a larger version of the earlier O/100 and O/400 bombers, and was int...
1 memorial
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