Assistant to Frederick Bremer. He helped build the first British motor car with an internal combustion engine.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
Assistant to Frederick Bremer. He helped build the first British motor car with an internal combustion engine.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Tom Bates
Frederick Bremer, 1872 - 1941. Between 1892 - 1894 in a small workshop in the...
Road tunnel crossing under the River Thames, connecting Rotherhithe to the Ratcliff district of Limehouse. Designed by Sir Maurice Fitzmaurice, it was constructed using both a tunnelling 'shield' a...
Civil engineer. Born Devon. Worked for Smeaton, first as an apprentice and then as assistant until 1772. Promoted cast iron as a constructional material. Built the Grand Canal in Ireland. Buil...
Engineering research. FRS. Born 75 Kempe Road, Willesden. Carried out research on concrete at first the Building Research Station and then the Road Research Laboratory. During WW2 he was scienti...
Inventor and engineer. Designed and manufactured The Maxim Gun. Born Sangersville, Maine, USA, naturalised British. Died London.
In spite of the plaque's claim, there is evidence of a cash dispensing machine being used in Tokyo in 1966. The invention of the British version has been credited to John Shepherd-Barron of the pri...
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
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