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Coalbrookdale Company
An iron foundry set up by Abraham Darby in Shropshire. Can you guess what the Coalbrookdale war memorial is made of?
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William Booth Scott
William Booth Scott was born on 18 August 1822 in Hammersmith, the son of John James Scott (1789-1860) and Sophie Scott née Germaine (1791-1850). He married Emily Murley Porter (1825-1901), the ma...
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Commissioners of Sewers, Holborn and Finsbury Divisions
We don't want to go very deeply into this subject but according to this report:Â Holborn and Finsbury Divisions of Sewers. Report of the Surveyor [J. Roe] to the Court held 27th January 1843 ... By ...
2 memorials
Great Conduit
In 1236/7 the City of London was granted permission to tap the Tyburn Springs, at about where Stratford Place now is. Work to build the conduit began in 1245. it went via Piccadilly, Charing Cross,...
2 memorials
Dorman, Long & Co. Ltd.
Steel producer, originating in Grimsby, and bridge builder from the 1920s. Nationalised and subsumed into the government-owned British Steel Corporation in 1967. Wikipedia has a list of their brid...
1 memorial
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