Builders
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Rice and Son
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First state-aided housing in Islington
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Other Subjects
Clarendon Arch
The New River had to be carried over Salmon's Brook (now dry). To do this a 660-feet long lead-lined wooden aqueduct was built in 1608-13, known as the Bush Hill Frame. At the same time a bridge ...
George Furness
Contractor responsible for the construction of the Northern Outfall Sewer in 1862-3.
Thomas Telford
Stonemason, architect and civil engineer. Born Eskdale, Dumfriesshire. Aged 12 left school to work for a local stonemason. Aged 25 rode on horseback to London. Built roads, bridges and canals. Neve...
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.
John Peake Knight
Inventor of the world's first traffic lights. Engineer and railway manager from Nottingham.
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