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Event    From 1854  To 1954

Paddington Station centenary

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Paddington Station centenary

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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A. E. Darby

A. E. Darby

Bethnal Green Borough Engineer/Architect in 1922, 1926, 1937.

Person, Architecture, Engineering, Property

4 memorials
Price and Reeves

Price and Reeves

Engineering contractors for the Rotherhithe Tunnel in 1908.

Group, Engineering

2 memorials
Benjamin Baker

Benjamin Baker

Civil engineer. Born Somerset. Worked on the early London underground lines and the Forth Bridge. Was an expert witness at the Tay Bridge disaster enquiry. Died at home in Pangbourne. Imperial Coll...

Person, Engineering

3 memorials
Edward Willis

Edward Willis

From Historic England: Engineer and architect to the Chiswick Urban District Council in 1921. Also designed the Memorial Fund's Chiswick War Memorial Rest Homes, Burlington Lane. Housing disabled s...

Person, Architecture, Engineering

2 memorials
John Henry Hesketh

John Henry Hesketh

Second Engineer (Refrigeration) 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 Par...

Person, Engineering, Tragedy

1 memorial