Steve Hudson
Engineer and creator of the Dartford Remembered Facebook page.
Engineer and creator of the Dartford Remembered Facebook page.
960 yards (878 metres) long, designed by James Morgan, built over the three years 1815 to 1818.  Caroline's Miscellany has a good post.
Information about this company is difficult to come by. Andrew Behan found this image at Britain From Above where it is captioned "The James Crosby & Sons Ltd Works off Bridges Road, Ellesmere ...
Company founded by John Alfred Prestwich. Its engines were used in many famous motorcycle marques and speedway bikes, early aeroplanes, chainsaws, cultivators and light rail maintenance trucks.
From Dartford Archive:Â "In the early days the company specialised in heavy foundry-based engineering. Later on, the company developed a specialisation in refrigeration engineering." We wondered wh...
Civil engineer. Â Born Devon. Â Worked for Smeaton, first as an apprentice and then as assistant until 1772. Â Promoted cast iron as a constructional material. Â Built the Grand Canal in Ireland. Â Buil...
In 1819, made and sold Britain's first bicycle in its hobby-horse form. As a coachmaker Johnson was able to make significant improvements to the two-wheel velocipede, as invented by von Drais. He o...
Architect, engineer and surveyor. Born in Beccles, Suffolk. His works include two Ealing Town Halls: the current one and the previous one, now (2024) NatWest bank at 1a The Mall, Ealing, and severa...
Electrician on the RMS Titanic. A full résumé of his life can be found on the Encyclopedia Titanica website. He is also commemorated on the Engineers Memorial, Andrews East Park, Above Bar Street,...
Assistant Electrician on the RMS Titanic. A full résumé of his life can be found on the Encyclopedia Titanica website. He is also commemorated on the Engineers Memorial, Andrews East Park, Above B...