London terminus for Great Western Railways since 1838. The current station was designed by Brunel in 1854. The underground arrived in 1863 and Paddington was the original western terminus for the Metropolitan line, the world's first underground passenger railway.
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Paddington Station centenary
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Paddington Station's centenary
1854 - 1954 This plaque was unveiled on 29th May 1954 to commemorate the cent...
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5 memorials
Tommy Tucker
Ship's engineer. Known as 'Skipper', he was the second husband of the author Edith Nesbit. Andrew Behan has provided this research: Tommy Tucker was born as Thomas Terry Tucker. His father and pat...
1 memorial
James Brown
Contractors' engineer on the construction of the Rotherhithe Tunnel in 1908.
2 memorials
Duffield sluice
This was part of the drainage system that kept the south bank free from flooding. The ground being very close to river level it was necessary to have a gate, or sluice-gate, across the drainage pip...
1 memorial
Sir Maurice Fitzmaurice
Civil engineer. Born at Clogher, near Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland. He worked on a wide range of projects around the world including the Forth Bridge, the Aswam Dam and the aborted Chignecto Ship ...
7 memorials
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