Constructed 1872-6 by The Metropolitan Board of Works. Opened in 1876. Improved in 1880-2.
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Great Eastern Street
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Great Eastern Street fountain
Pink and grey polished granite, sandstone capital and a ball finial in the fo...
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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
John Scott Russell
One of the Secretaries to the Commissioners for the Great Exhibition 1851. Engineer and navel architect. Born at Parkhead, near Glasgow. Died at Ventnor, Isle of Wight
1 memorial
First residential roof-top wind turbines
The published benefits of domestic wind turbines vary enormously. Taking a very rough average, each one saves about five tonnes of carbon dioxide being released into the atmosphere each year, and p...
1 memorial
Sir Proby Cautley
Civil engineer and palaeontologist. FRS.  Born Suffolk.  Proby was his mother's maiden name.  1819 went to India as a commissioned second lieutenant.  Apart from a few years his work there was main...
1 memorial
William Bridges Adams
Author and engineer. Born in Woore, Shropshire. He invented the 'Adams Axle' which was used on British trains throughout the steam age. His writings include 'English Pleasure Carriages' and 'Roads ...
1 memorial
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