Plaque

Chelsea Bridge

Erection date: 6/5/1937

Inscription

Chelsea Bridge
Opened by the Right Hon. W. L. MacKenzie King, CMG, Prime Minister of the Dominion of Canada on 6th May 1937.
Chairman of the Council - the Right Hon. Lord Snell, CBE LLD
R. Coppock - Chairman of the Highways Committee
Sir George Gater, CMG, DSO - Clerk to the Council
Rendel Palmer and Tritton - Engineers
C. Topham Forrest, FRIBA - Architect
Contractors - Holloway Brothers (London) Limited

London County Council

MacKenzie King did not come all the way from Canada just to open this bridge; he happened to be in London for the coronation of King George VI.

The plaque has the wrong initial for Topham Forrest. His first name was George.

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Rendel Palmer and Tritton

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Richard Coppock

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G. Topham Forrest

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Brigadier-General Sir George Henry Gater, GCMG, KCB, DSO & Bar, JP

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