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...
Engineer and politician. Â Born Derby. Â He saw the potential of refrigeration and developed equipment that was used extensively both on land and on ships. Â Knighted by Queen Victoria in 1891 he fund...
Engineering company based in Lambeth, specialised in building marine steam engines. Founded in 1798 by Henry Maudslay as Henry Maudslay and Company. 1833 reorganised into Maudslay, Sons and Field a...
The locomotive building works of the Great Eastern Railway.The original shops were built by the railway 'King', George Hudson. In addition to the engineering facilities, Hudson provided accommodati...
Electronics engineer and humanist. Born as Dénes Gábor, in Budapest, Hungary. He worked in Germany for several years, but moved to England when Adolf Hitler came to power. he invented holography in...
Junior 5th Engineer 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...
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