Person    | Male  Born 27/11/1880  Died 11/3/1950

Sir Ralph Freeman

Categories: Engineering

Countries: Australia

Sir Ralph Freeman

Civil engineer. Born 88 Rendlesham Road, West Hackney.  Worked on Sydney harbour bridge. Died at home, Graden, Hendon Avenue. Picture at: Flickr (copyrighted).

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Sir Ralph Freeman

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Skempton Building plaques

2018: Eamonn Doyle has written to correct our "east to west", saying that the...

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Thames Tunnel Flood - 1828

Thames Tunnel Flood - 1828

During construction, the tunnel was flooded on six separate occasions the worst being the second flooding, on 12 January 1828, in which six workmen died. "Near shift change. Isambard was in the sh...

Event, Engineering, Tragedy

1 memorial
Sir Duncan Watson, J.P., M.I.E.E.

Sir Duncan Watson, J.P., M.I.E.E.

Duncan Watson was born on 11 January 1873 in Eastwood, Renfrewshire, Scotland, the tenth of the eleven children of Joseph Watson (1831-1905) and Margaret Paton Watson née Connell (1833-1919). His t...

Person, Community / Clubs, Engineering, Politics & Administration, Scotland

1 memorial
Alexander Binnie

Alexander Binnie

Civil engineer.   Born 77 Ladbroke Grove.  Worked in Wales and then India.  Returned and in 1890 was appointed chief engineer to the London County Council.  Worked on the Blackwall road tunnel, the...

Person, Engineering, India, Wales

3 memorials
Sir John Fowler

Sir John Fowler

Civil engineer. Born in Wadsley, Sheffield. Fowler's was a long and eminent career, spanning most of the 19th century's railway expansion, and he was engineer, adviser or consultant to many British...

Person, Engineering

1 memorial
New River

New River

The so-called New River is actually an aqueduct built 1609 - 1613 from near Ware, Hertfordshire, to Islington to bring fresh water from country springs to the City. It required a 1602 charter from ...

Place, Engineering, Food & Drink

8 memorials

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Red Lion - Kilburn

Red Lion - Kilburn

W9, Kilburn High Road, 34

The Kilburn Wells were in this area, possibly very close to this pub.

1 subject commemorated
Sir John Pringle

Sir John Pringle

Military physician. Born Roxburghshire, Scotland. Studied in Flanders/Netherlands, where he later returned in his role as military physician, and Paris. Instituted sanitary reforms first on battlef...

Person, Armed Forces, Medicine, France, Netherlands, Scotland

1 memorial
W. H. Hillyer

W. H. Hillyer

Captain William Harold Hillyer, M.C., was born on 6 May 1881 in Lewisham, the second of the four sons of William John Hillyer (1853-1885) and Sarah Ann Hillyer née Heywood (1853-1942). His father w...

Person

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
R. Farmer

R. Farmer

Name on one of the main panels of the East Ham WW1 memorial.

Person

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Alfred George Ervine

Alfred George Ervine

An Assistant Electrician 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...

Person, Engineering, Tragedy, Ireland

1 memorial