Event    From 10/10/1881 

first public building in the world to be lit throughout by electricity

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first public building in the world to be lit throughout by electricity

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Savoy Theatre

Westminster City Council Savoy Theatre Opened in 1881, the Savoy Theatre wa...

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A. A. Langley

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...

Person, Engineering

1 memorial
Kingschoole sluice

Kingschoole sluice

"Kingschoole" refers to the passage of the Tyburn river through the grounds of Westminster School.  'Sluice' refers to an artificial water channel controlled at its head by a gate.  And there is in...

Building, Engineering

1 memorial
Commissioners of Sewers, Holborn and Finsbury Divisions

Commissioners of Sewers, Holborn and Finsbury Divisions

We don't want to go very deeply into this subject but according to this report: Holborn and Finsbury Divisions of Sewers. Report of the Surveyor [J. Roe] to the Court held 27th January 1843 ... By ...

Group, Engineering

2 memorials
J.A.P. Engineering

J.A.P. Engineering

Company founded by John Alfred Prestwich. Its engines were used in many famous motorcycle marques and speedway bikes, early aeroplanes, chainsaws, cultivators and light rail maintenance trucks.

Group, Engineering

1 memorial
Charley Hodge

Charley Hodge

Senior Assistant 3rd Engineer on the RMS Titanic. Despite being shown on memorials as Charles Hodge, he is shown as Charley Hodge on his birth registration certificate, and on the 1891, 1901 & ...

Person, Engineering, Tragedy

1 memorial