Established by the British government. During World War II it contributed to the war effort with research that aided the development of plastic armour and the bouncing bomb used in the Dambusters Raid. It became an executive agency of the UK Department for Transport in 1992 and changed its name to Transport Research Laboratory (TRL). It was privatised in 1996.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Road Research Laboratory
{By an image of a Lancaster Bomber:} Tests conducted by the Road Research Lab...
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...
Junior Boilermaker 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 Park, Above Bar...
Hackney's Borough Engineer in 1938. Architect of the Elsdale Street building. Also designed the mid 1930s Public Baths at Hackney Wick in Eastway and the  late 1930s public convenience at the junct...
In spite of the plaque's claim, there is evidence of a cash dispensing machine being used in Tokyo in 1966. The invention of the British version has been credited to John Shepherd-Barron of the pri...
The Wikipedia page for this organisation looks like a dumping ground for all the unwanted Is and Es from a Scrabble board. Began in 1884 as the Vulcanic* Society, formed by a group of apprentices ...
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