Created in 1751 with responsibility for locks on the river down to Staines. Subsumed into the Thames Conservancy in 1866.
Three generations of the Treacher family held senior positions in the Thames Navigation from 1791-1863 and kept detailed records (see picture) of their work to improve the Thames.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Thames Navigation Commission
This plaque surely can't have been intended to be submerged? Did they accide...
We found the punctuation on this plaque so peculiar we have transcribed it ex...
MP, In 1999 Minister for London bringing London's Red Route Network into full operation.
The station was opened by the London, Chatham and Dover Railway company with the name St. Paul's, and renamed in 1937. It underwent a major redevelopment between 2009 and 2012, with the platforms n...
Built 1739–50 by Swiss bridge engineer Charles Labelye. Until this was opened there was no bridge between Putney Bridge (1729) and London Bridge. Replaced with the current bridge opened on 24 May 1...
The team led by Chief Engineer Joseph Bell comprised 24 engineers, 6 electrical engineers, two boilermakers, a plumber and a clerk. When the ship foundered, they all (including those off-duty) stru...
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