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S. G. Purkis

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S. G. Purkis

St Marylebone Borough Engineer and Surveyor in 1965.

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S. G. Purkis

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Marylebone's first car park

Borough of St Marylebone This stone commemorates the building of the first mu...

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Sir William Heerlein Lindley

Sir William Heerlein Lindley

Civil engineer. Born at 50 Ferdinand Strasse, Hamburg. Worked with his father William Lindley on a number of engineering projects, including the Warsaw waterworks and the sewerage system in Prague,...

Person, Engineering, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Poland

1 memorial
Sir Follett Holt, KBE

Sir Follett Holt, KBE

Railway engineer, very influential in Argentina where he was Chairman of many railway companies. Excelled at polo as a young man.  First Chairman of the Tower Hill Improvement Trust. Our picture co...

Person, Engineering, Politics & Administration, Argentina

1 memorial
William Edward Farquharson

William Edward Farquharson

Senior Second Engineer on the RMS Titanic. A full résumé of his life can be found on the Encyclopedia Titanica website. He is also commemorated on the Engineers Memorial, Andrews East Park, Above B...

Person, Engineering, Tragedy

1 memorial
Clarendon Arch

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 ...

Building, Engineering

2 memorials
Edward H. Tabor

Edward H. Tabor

Resident engineer on the construction of the Rotherhithe Tunnel in 1908.

Person, Engineering

2 memorials