Contractor responsible for the construction of the Northern Outfall Sewer in 1862-3.
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George Furness
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Northern Outfall Sewer - River Lea
Metropolitan Board of Works Northern Outfall Sewer Constructed 1862 - 63 John...
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George Alexander Chisnall
A boilermaker on the RMS Titanic. A résumé of his life can be found on the Encyclopedia Titanica website. He is also commemorated on a memorial at Craigton Cemetery, Berryknowes Road, Glasgow, and...
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William Cawthorne Unwin
Civil and mechanical engineer.  Born Essex.  1900 he became the first London University professor of engineering. Died unmarried, at his home, 7 Palace Gate Mansions, 29 Palace Gate.
2 memorials
Dr Charles Vickery Drysdale
Electrical engineer and social reformer promoting family planning and eugenics. Born in Paris. As an engineer, he invented the phase-shifting transformer, and was co-founder of the Institute of Phy...
1 memorial
John Henry Silley OBE
John Henry Silley OBE was a marine engineer and businessman. Born Monmouthshire. First came to London in 1892 to go to sea in a steamer. Chairman and Managing Director of R. and H. Green and Sill...
1 memorial
Sir Follett Holt, KBE
Railway engineer, very influential in Argentina where he was Chairman of many railway companies. Excelled at polo as a young man. First Chairman of the Tower Hill Improvement Trust. Our picture co...
1 memorial
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