Royal Charter granted in 1812 to Gas Light and Coke Company for street lighting in London. published a lovely piece about the lamp lights of Victorian London still burning across the city.
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first public supply of gas in the world
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William Glanville
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...
1 memorial
Urban Hanlon Broughton
Engineer who married money and then made lots more. Â Born England. Studied civil engineering and gained expertise in the Shone sewer system which took him to Massachusetts to manage its installatio...
2 memorials
London steam carriage
Londonist have a piece on this early manifestation of the car and steam locomotive, rolled into one.
1 memorial
George Furness
Contractor responsible for the construction of the Northern Outfall Sewer in 1862-3.
1 memorial
James W. Croxford
Surveyor, civil engineer, working with Brentford Council in 1909.
1 memorial
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