Engineer and inventor. Born in Stepney. A gas-fitter and plumber by trade, in 1892, with his assistant Tom Bates, he built the first British motor car with an internal combustion engine. Died Walthamstow.
In this magnificent c.1912 photo Bremer is the man in the bowler hat.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Frederick Bremer
Frederick Bremer, 1872 - 1941. Between 1892 - 1894 in a small workshop in the...
MPGB, FRICS, MIMunL., Borough Engineer & Surveyor. Andrew Behan researched Bainbridge: Clement Spencer Bainbridge was born on 15 November 1896 in Askern, Doncaster, Yorkshire, the youngest of ...
Gas engineer. Born Friedrich Albrecht Winzer (Anglicised as Frederick Albert Winsor) in Brunswick, Germany. He studied the technology of gas street lighting in Paris. In London he founded the Gas L...
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Gun-founder. Son of Jan Verbruggen. The picture shows the second machine built by the Verbruggens.
This building provided the propulsion for the Croydon atmospheric railway. We don't know when the building was demolished. This 1868 map shows a building approximately '50m north of the bridge' whi...
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