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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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Brunel's Engine House

Brunel's Engine House

The engine house was designed by Marc Brunel to be part of the infrastructure of his Thames tunnel. It held steam-powered pumps used to extract water from the excavations. Since 1961 the building h...

Building, Engineering

1 memorial
Joseph Bell

Joseph Bell

Chief engineer of the RMS Titanic. Born in Farlam, Cumbria, he moved to Newcastle where he served his apprenticeship. He was hired by the White Star Line and served on several ships before being ap...

Person, Engineering, Tragedy

1 memorial
Basil Mott

Basil Mott

Civil engineer. Born in Leicester. 1902 formed the firm Mott, Hay and Anderson. His many projects include extending the Central London Railway, the building of escalators on the London Underground ...

Person, Engineering, France, India

1 memorial
James Fraser

James Fraser

Junior Assistant 3rd 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...

Person, Engineering, Tragedy, Scotland

1 memorial
Francis Fowke

Francis Fowke

Engineer and architect, and a Captain in the Corps of Royal Engineers.  Born Belfast. In  1862 he was made superintendent of construction of the South Kensington Museum (now the Victoria and Alber...

Person, Architecture, Engineering, Ireland

1 memorial