Boiler House, this building was originally used as a boiler house during the construction of Marc Isambard Brunel's Thames tunnel between 1825 and 1843. It has since had many alterations and changes of use. It was restored in 1979.
SE16, Tunnel Road
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Thames Tunnel Boiler House
Built to provide steam for the pumping engines needed to keep the Thames Tunn...
Civil Engineer, born Hacqueville, Normandy, France. Educated in France, but f...
The first tunnel in the world under a navigable river. Built between 1825 and...
William Wilberforce, 1759 - 1833, opponent of slavery, died here. London County Council
Unveiled by Ruthie Henshall and Andrew Lloyd Webber on 3 May 1995. Jessie Matthews was actually born a few yards away at number 94.
Walter de la Mare, 1873 - 1956, poet, lived here, 1940 - 1956. English Heritage
London County Council Samuel Taylor Coleridge, 1772 - 1834, poet and philosopher, lived here.
Carved on the wall to the right of the front door: "William Goodenough House, 1957 Goodenough College"
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