Erection date: 24/7/1912
This stone was laid by the Rt. Hon. Lord Aberconway, PC, Chairman of the Metropolitan Railway Company, 24 July 1912.
R.H. Selbie - General Manager
W. Willox, MICE - Engineer
This plaque is somewhat reticent about its function which is to commemorate the laying of the first stone at Baker Street Station.
NW1, Marylebone Road
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Baker Street Station
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Baker Street Station
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General Manager and one of the Directors of the Metropolitan Railway Company,
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Baker Street Station
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The photo of the plaque is from Wikipedia and was taken by Spudgun67 on the day it was unveiled. That Wiki page also has a photo showing ...
Plaque unveiled by the then Mayor of Westminster, Louise Hyams.
Our transcription of this long inscription was aided by the typed Winter 1978 newsletter of the East London History Society "A Tombstone...
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