Place    From 1876 

Great Eastern Street

Categories: Engineering, Transport

Place

Constructed 1872-6 by The Metropolitan Board of Works. Opened in 1876. Improved in 1880-2.

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Great Eastern Street

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Great Eastern Street fountain

Pink and grey polished granite, sandstone capital and a ball finial in the fo...

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George Wimpey Ltd

George Wimpey Ltd

Based in Hammersmith initially so an early job was very local - the Hammersmith Town Hall.  Also: the first electric tramway in London and the White City exhibition buildings including the 1908 Oly...

Group, Engineering, Property

1 memorial
Thames Tunnel Boiler House

Thames Tunnel Boiler House

Built to provide steam for the pumping engines needed to keep the Thames Tunnel dry during its construction.

Building, Engineering

1 memorial
Richard Trevithick

Richard Trevithick

Pioneer of high pressure steam. Born in Illogan, Cornwall. In 1803 he drove a steam carriage from Holborn to Paddington, on the roads. Died a pauper at The Bull Hotel, Dartford, where he had starte...

Person, Engineering

3 memorials
John Compton

John Compton

Organ builder. Born in Newton Burgoland, Leicestershire. He set up business in Nottingham and moved to London, eventually establishing a factory in North Acton. Many Compton organs were installed i...

Person, Engineering, Music / songs

1 memorial
Scott and Wilson

Scott and Wilson

Civil Engineers active c.1945 - 1953. c.1945 Guthlac Wilson (1902-1953) and W. S. Scott ( - 1950) formed a partnership. 1951 Kirkpatrick and Partners merged with Scott and Wilson to form Scott and...

Group, Engineering

1 memorial

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Greater London Council

Greater London Council

Replaced the LCC. The GLC was abolished, some say, because Mrs Thatcher could not abide its left-wing politics, nor its leader, Ken Livingstone.  On its 50th anniversary Diamond Geezer posted a goo...

Group, Politics & Administration

241 memorials