The picture source website is a report on the Archaeology in the Lea Valley prepared in advance of the 2012 Olympics.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
River Lea Watermills
Commemorated ati
River Lea Watermills
River Lea Watermills 1066 - 1854 Some of the goods made in River Lea Watermills.
Other Subjects
Edward Acheson
American chemist, inventor and industrialist. Born Pennsylvania. Â Initially worked with Edison. Companies he founded include: Carborundum, Inc., UCar International, and Acheson Industries. Â In abou...
Atlas Dyeworks
The Simpson, etc. plaque commemorates the Dyeworks which were at Victory Place 1859 - 68. This page refers to that site but also refers to the Hackney Dyeworks to which Atlas expanded. The photo sh...
John Heathcoat
Inventor and businessman. Born Derbyshire. Invented a machine for manufacturing a new type of lace, bobbin net, and went on to manufacture and sell lace. 1815 he bought a mill in Tiverton, moved th...
Robert H. Selbie
General Manager and one of the Directors of the Metropolitan Railway Company,
Sir Julius Wernher
Co-founder and funder (with Alfred Beit) of the Royal School of Mines building. Born Damstadt, Germany, came to London in 1871, and, acting as a diamond agent, went to Kimberly in South Africa. Re...
Person, Industry, Philanthropy, Race Issues, Germany, South Africa

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