American entrepreneur from Missouri, best known for McCulloch chainsaws and for purchasing London Bridge, which he moved to Lake Havasu City, Arizona - one of the cities he founded. He purchased it in 1968 as a unique attraction for his city. The removal and rebuild took 3 years.
Died in Los Angeles, of an accidental overdose of alcohol and barbiturates.
At the Picture source our image is captioned: "Robert McCaulloch {sic} standing in front of London Bridge as it is dismantled in 1968."
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Robert P. McCulloch
Unveiled by the Duke of Gloucester, this is actually an "interpretation panel...
The long piece of text is attributed to Raleigh, here and all over the web, b...
Dedicated to preserving the history of the Crystal Palace.
Psychoanalyst who works near West Smithfield and is interested in local history. He felt passionately that there should be a memorial where the denouement of the 1381 revolt took place and where T...
The Hampstead Plaque fund was set up, many years ago, by Ralph Wade and has been administered by the Society ever since.
Architect and decipherer of Linear B script. While still at school he heard about the discovery of Knossos by Arthur Evans, and about the undeciphered Linear B script on the tablets. This mystery ...
British antiquary and collector. Curate at St Botolph without Bishopsgate 1851-8. Rector at St Pauls West Hackney 1872. Member the Society of Antiquaries of London, the Linnean Society and the Roy...
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