Inventor of the world's first traffic lights. Engineer and railway manager from Nottingham.
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John Peake Knight
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Peake Knight, 1st traffic lights
City of Westminster John Peake Knight, 1828 - 86, inventor of the world's fi...
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Sir Thomas Sopwith
Aviator and aircraft manufacturer. Designed the Sopwith Camel. Aged 10 accidentally killed his father in a shooting accident. Expert ice skater and a legend in the yachting America's Cup. Born 92 C...
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Great Eastern Street
Constructed 1872-6 by The Metropolitan Board of Works. Opened in 1876. Improved in 1880-2.
1 memorial
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 ...
2 memorials
K. P. Harman
Camden Borough engineer & surveyor in 1969. Initials after his name: "B.Sc. (Eng.) F.I.C.E., F.I.Mun.E.". From the information given by Dugald Gonsal which is shown on our Memorial entry for t...
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World's first cash machine
In spite of the plaque's claim, there is evidence of a cash dispensing machine being used in Tokyo in 1966. The invention of the British version has been credited to John Shepherd-Barron of the pri...
2 memorials
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