Building    From 1987 

Docklands Light Railway

Categories: Transport

An automated light metro system, opened in 1987 and extended four times.

2024: Londonist have an excellent Brief History Of The DLR.

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Docklands Light Railway

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DLR extension to Lewisham - Greenwich

{Above the CGL Rail and DLR logos:} Docklands Light Railway Lewisham Extensio...

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DLR extension to Lewisham - Lewisham

Docklands Light Railway This plaque was unveiled by the Deputy Prime Minister...

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Greathead shield at Bank

This 'Greathead' type tunnelling shield ws left at this point 18 metres below...

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Lighthouse Automation Programme

Lighthouse Automation Programme

The conversion to automatic operation of all the lighthouses and light vessels. The last one to be done (perfectly timed to occur on Trafalgar Day) was North Foreland Light in Kent. For the 400 yea...

Event, Engineering, Transport

1 memorial
Royal Mail

Royal Mail

Before the 2012 Olympics started the Royal Mail committed to turn a red post box gold for each British Gold medal, Olympic and Paralympic.  In the event this meant that over 100 boxes turned colour...

Group, Transport

14 memorials
HMS Beagle

HMS Beagle

A Cherokee-class brig-sloop, launched from the Woolwich Dockyard. She was adapted as a survey barque and took part in three expeditions, the second of which was the voyage on which the young Charle...

Vehicle, Transport

1 memorial
British Motor Cab Company

British Motor Cab Company

Former public transport company, about which we can discover virtually nothing.  Its premises appear in an old photo "Pickets outside the British Motor Cab Company's Garage" but the location is no...

Group, Transport

1 memorial

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C. Barker

C. Barker

Resident of the Central Ward, Hendon who served and died in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial