The first lock was constructed in timber in 1810. This become delapidated and new locks were built by the Corporation of the City of London 1856-8. Footbridges were added in 1889 and the barge lock, was built in 1904–1905.
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Teddington Locks
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Teddington Lock - 1857
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Teddington Lock - 1858
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Other Subjects
Bakerloo Line
London Underground line running from Elephant and Castle to Harrow and Wealdstone. It was originally known as the Baker Street and Waterloo Railway. Londonist have a good succinct history of this ...
4 memorials
Széchenyi Bridge
Designed by William Tierney Clark, it spans the River Danube between Buda and Pest, the western and eastern sides of Budapest. It was the first permanent bridge across the Danube.
1 memorial
Denis Tunnicliffe
Pilot and railwayman. Co-pilot with the former British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) and later British Airways. Managing director of London Underground Ltd between 1988 and 1998, and chairman...
1 memorial
Three Colts Bridge
Grade II* listed bridge. It crosses the Hertford Union Canal, and was instigated by Sir George Duckett and constructed by Francis Giles.
1 memorial
The Waterloo Way
Following victory at the Battle of Waterloo, the Duke of Wellington’s personal handwritten record of events, the Waterloo Dispatch, was carried to London by Major Henry Percy, an aide de camp to th...
2 memorials
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Jennifer Solomons
We are grateful to Jane Taylor who sent this photo of her "lovely friend Jenny Solomon who died in the Boxing Day Tsunami aged 46. She was a much loved wife, mother and friend to many. She is still...
1 memorial
Dame Edith Evans
SW1, Ebury Street, 109
English Heritage Dame Edith Evans, 1888 - 1976, actress, lived here.
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Family allowances
Pioneered by Eleanor Rathbone, specified in the 1942 Beveridge Report, Family Allowances were introduced in a 1945 Act of Parliament and came into operation in 1946. It was the first time that a f...
1 memorial
Colonel Crompton
W8, Kensington Court
Colonel R. E. B. Crompton, 1845 - 1940, electrical engineer, lived and worked here, 1891 - 1939. English Heritage
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
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